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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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TODAY
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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

Wednesday, December 28, 1988

Lunar 一九八八年 · 冬月二十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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

    Wed

    1988-12-21

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1988-12-28

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Thu

    1989-01-05

    In 8 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Fri

    1989-01-20

    In 23 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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

甲子

冬月二十

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneAvoid 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

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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