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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 1985

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Lunar month 101Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 102Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 103Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 104Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 105Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 106Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Snow7Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 108Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 109Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1010Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1011Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1112Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1113Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1114Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1115Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1116Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1117Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1118Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1119Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1120Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1121Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWinter Solstice22Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1123Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1124Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1125Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1126Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1127Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1128Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1129Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1130Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1131Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold5Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 119Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, December 19, 1985

Lunar 一九八五年 · 冬月初八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. 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

    Sat

    1985-12-07

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1985-12-19

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Sun

    1985-12-22

    In 3 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    1986-01-05

    In 17 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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

戊子

冬月初八

Day cycle

壬辰

长流水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingConsecrateMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsComing-of-age riteDismantleConstructionSet a bedMove into a home

Avoid

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

Dig a wellTimber workPurification riteBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙戌)狗 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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