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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

December 1986

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1030Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1110Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1111Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1112Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1113Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1114Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1115Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1116Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1117Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1118Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1119Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1120Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1121Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWinter Solstice22Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1123Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1124Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1125Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1126Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1127Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1128Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold6Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1210Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, December 19, 1986

Lunar 一九八六年 · 冬月十八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. 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

    Sun

    1986-12-07

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1986-12-19

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Mon

    1986-12-22

    In 3 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    1987-01-06

    In 18 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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

庚子

冬月十八

Day cycle

丁酉

山下火

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingSet a bedReceive wealthHuntingCapture

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛卯)兔 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Favourable

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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