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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 1980

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Lunar month 1030Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1115Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1117Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1118Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1119Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1120Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1121Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWinter Solstice22Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1123Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1124Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1125Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1126Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, December 21, 1980

Lunar 一九八〇年 · 冬月十五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Sun

    1980-12-07

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1980-12-21

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Mon

    1980-12-22

    In 1 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    1981-01-05

    In 15 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

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

戊子

冬月十五

Day cycle

戊辰

大林木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersConsecrateSet an altarMove the hearthTravelVisit friends and familyInstall machinery

Avoid

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

Open for businessBuild a templeAcquire propertyDig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬戌)狗 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

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

Favourable

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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