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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

December 1998

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1029Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1030Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow7Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 108Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 109Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1010Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1011Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1012Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1013Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1014Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1015Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1016Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1017Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1018Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1119Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1120Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1121Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWinter Solstice22Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1123Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1124Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1125Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1126Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1127Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 117Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 119Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, December 23, 1998

Lunar 一九九八年 · 冬月初五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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

    Mon

    1998-12-07

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1998-12-23

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    1999-01-06

    In 14 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Wed

    1999-01-20

    In 28 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

甲子

冬月初五

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Pray for childrenPurification riteSculpture and paintingMake a pactFormal betrothalMove the hearthDismantleConstructionBreak groundBuild a bridge

Avoid

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

Open for businessMarriage

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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