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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 1996

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 101Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 108Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1010Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1115Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1117Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1118Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1119Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1120Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWinter Solstice21Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1122Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1123Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1124Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1125Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1126Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 117Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, December 4, 1996

Lunar 一九九六年 · 十月廿四

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. Lesser Snow

    Fri

    1996-11-22

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1996-12-04

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Sat

    1996-12-07

    In 3 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Sat

    1996-12-21

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

小雪 → 大雪

Year cycle

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

己亥

十月廿四

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingTravelComing-of-age riteWelcome a household memberAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundBurialBuild a stove

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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