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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

Tuesday, December 30, 1980

Lunar 一九八〇年 · 冬月廿四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1980-12-30

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    1981-01-05

    In 6 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Tue

    1981-01-20

    In 21 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

冬月廿四

Day cycle

丁丑

涧下水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake vehicles and toolsMake an offeringOffer prayersTravelSet an altarConstructionBreak groundRaise a roof beam

Avoid

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

Break ground for burialBurialFuneral processionPrepare a burial plot

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛未)羊 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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