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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 1988

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Lunar month 1027Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1028Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1029Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 108Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1115Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1117Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1118Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1119Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1120Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWinter Solstice21Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1122Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1123Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1124Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1125Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1126Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 117Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, December 17, 1988

Lunar 一九八八年 · 冬月初九

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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. Greater Snow

    Wed

    1988-12-07

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1988-12-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Wed

    1988-12-21

    In 4 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Thu

    1989-01-05

    In 19 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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

甲子

冬月初九

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Treat illnessDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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