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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

December 1972

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Lunar month 1026Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1027Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1028Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1029Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1115Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1117Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1118Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1119Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1120Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1121Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWinter Solstice22Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1123Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1124Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1125Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1126Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, December 23, 1972

Lunar 一九七二年 · 冬月十八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

A daily reflection is not a prediction. Use it as a prompt for attentive, self-directed choices.

24 Solar Terms

Follow the seasonal rhythm, from today into the next turn.

  1. Greater Snow

    Thu

    1972-12-07

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1972-12-23

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Fri

    1973-01-05

    In 13 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Sat

    1973-01-20

    In 28 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

冬至 → 小寒

Year cycle

壬子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

壬子

冬月十八

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set the marriage bedCut garmentsTrain livestockAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

Traditional cautions for the day; treat them as a pause for discernment.

Move into a homeBreak groundBreak ground for burialMarriageBuild a stoveBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

Avoid

Almanac information and Daily Insight are offered for traditional-culture reference and personal reflection only. They are not professional, medical, legal, or financial advice.

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