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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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TODAY
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Thu
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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

Thursday, December 25, 1980

Lunar 一九八〇年 · 冬月十九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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. Winter Solstice

    Mon

    1980-12-22

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1980-12-25

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    1981-01-05

    In 11 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Tue

    1981-01-20

    In 26 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

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

戊子

冬月十九

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneMove into a homeRelocateReceive livestock

Avoid

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

Timber workBuild roof beamsBreak groundSet a bedPlantingBuild a bridge

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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