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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

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

December 1974

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TODAY
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Thu
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Sat
Lunar month 101Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow7Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 108Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 109Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1010Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1011Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1012Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1013Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1117Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1118Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1119Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1120Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1121Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWinter Solstice22Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1123Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1124Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1125Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1126Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1127Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 117Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 119Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1110Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1111Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, December 1, 1974

Lunar 一九七四年 · 十月十八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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. Lesser Snow

    Sat

    1974-11-23

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1974-12-01

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Sat

    1974-12-07

    In 6 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Sun

    1974-12-22

    In 21 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

小雪 → 大雪

Year cycle

甲寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

乙亥

十月十八

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteSculpture and paintingConsecrateMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsComing-of-age riteMarriage

Avoid

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

Open for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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