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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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TODAY
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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 29, 1989

Lunar 一九八九年 · 腊月初二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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

    Fri

    1989-12-22

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1989-12-29

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Fri

    1990-01-05

    In 7 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Sat

    1990-01-20

    In 22 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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丙子

腊月初二

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingComing-of-age riteMend wallsSeal openingsCut garmentsConstructionBuild roof beamsSet roof-post openingsInstall millstonesBuild a dike

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeMarriageOffer prayersConsecrateDig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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