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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 1997

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1130Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow7Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 119Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1110Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1111Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1112Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1113Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1114Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1115Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1116Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1117Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1118Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1119Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1120Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1121Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWinter Solstice22Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1123Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1124Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1125Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1126Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1127Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold5Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1210Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, December 20, 1997

Lunar 一九九七年 · 冬月廿一

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Sun

    1997-12-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1997-12-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Mon

    1997-12-22

    In 2 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    1998-01-05

    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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

壬子

冬月廿一

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingPurification riteTravelDismantleLift misfortuneConstructionRelocateBuild a boatFuneral preparationEnd mourning dress

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

Avoid

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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