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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 1987

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1029Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 108Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1010Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1011Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1012Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1013Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1014Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1015Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1016Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1017Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1018Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1019Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1020Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1121Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWinter Solstice22Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1123Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1124Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1125Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1126Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold6Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 117Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, December 5, 1987

Lunar 一九八七年 · 十月十五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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. Lesser Snow

    Mon

    1987-11-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1987-12-05

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Mon

    1987-12-07

    In 2 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Tue

    1987-12-22

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

小雪 → 大雪

Year cycle

丁卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

辛亥

十月十五

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneMove the hearthDismantleConstructionWelcome a household memberBreak groundMove into a home

Avoid

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

Acquire propertySet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

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

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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