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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

Select a date to view its almanac.

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

Monday, December 28, 1987

Lunar 一九八七年 · 冬月初八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Tue

    1987-12-22

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1987-12-28

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    1988-01-06

    In 9 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Thu

    1988-01-21

    In 24 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

丁卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

壬子

冬月初八

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Build roof beamsConstructionBreak groundInstall doorsBuild a stoveSeal openingsDig a pondBuild a washroomBuild a dikeMend walls

Avoid

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

MarriageOffer prayersDig a wellFuneral processionBurialSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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