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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 1977

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1027Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1028Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1029Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1030Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 101Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 102Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 103Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 104Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 105Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 106Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Snow7Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 108Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 109Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1010Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1111Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1112Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1113Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1114Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1115Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1116Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1117Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1118Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1119Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1120Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1121Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWinter Solstice22Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1123Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1124Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1125Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1126Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1127Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1128Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1129Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1130Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1131Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold6Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, December 18, 1977

Lunar 一九七七年 · 冬月初八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Wed

    1977-12-07

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1977-12-18

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Thu

    1977-12-22

    In 4 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Fri

    1978-01-06

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

大雪 → 冬至

Year cycle

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

壬子

冬月初八

Day cycle

己酉

大驿土

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingHaircutClean the home

Avoid

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

Timber workReceive livestockRaise a roof beamMove into a homeBuild a stoveBuild animal sheltersMarriageBurialBuild roof beamsBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸卯)兔 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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