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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 1989

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Lunar month 1026Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1027Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow7Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 119Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1110Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1111Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1112Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1113Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1114Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1115Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1116Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1117Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1118Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1119Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1120Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1121Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWinter Solstice22Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1123Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1124Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1125Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1126Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1127Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold5Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, December 22, 1989

Lunar 一九八九年 · 冬月廿五

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Thu

    1989-12-07

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1989-12-22

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Fri

    1990-01-05

    In 14 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Sat

    1990-01-20

    In 29 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 冬至

Year cycle

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丙子

冬月廿五

Day cycle

丙辰

沙中土

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Move into a homeSet a bedConsecrateMake an offeringMove the hearthDismantleBreak groundHang a signboardFuneral preparationBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessBuild a stoveAcquire propertyBuild roof beamsTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚戌)狗 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

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

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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