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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 1993

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1028Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1029Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1030Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 101Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 102Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 103Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 104Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 105Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 106Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Snow7Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 108Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 109Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1010Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1011Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1012Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1113Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1114Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1115Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1116Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1117Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1118Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1119Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1120Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1121Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWinter Solstice22Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1123Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1124Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1125Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1126Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1127Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1128Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1129Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1130Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1131Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold5Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, December 20, 1993

Lunar 一九九三年 · 冬月初八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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. Greater Snow

    Tue

    1993-12-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1993-12-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Wed

    1993-12-22

    In 2 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    1994-01-05

    In 16 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

癸酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

甲子

冬月初八

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Move into a homeRelocateTravelWelcome a household memberConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsRaise a roof beamInstall doorsBuild a storehouse

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessSet a bedPlantingBurialOffer prayersConsecrateDig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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