DestiniDaily Insight

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 2001

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 1025Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1026Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1027Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1028Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1029Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1030Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 101Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 102Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 103Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 104Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 105Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 106Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Snow7Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 108Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 109Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1010Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1011Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1012Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1013Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1014Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1115Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1116Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1117Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1118Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1119Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1120Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1121Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWinter Solstice22Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1123Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1124Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1125Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1126Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1127Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1128Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1129Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1130Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1131Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold5Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, December 22, 2001

Lunar 二〇〇一年 · 冬月初八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and warm gatherings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Fri

    2001-12-07

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2001-12-22

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Sat

    2002-01-05

    In 14 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Sun

    2002-01-20

    In 29 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 冬至

Year cycle

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

庚子

冬月初八

Day cycle

己未

天上火

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set a bedMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenComing-of-age riteTimber workSet up a horse frameBreak groundDig a pondBuild a washroom

Avoid

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

Install doorsPlantingBuild a stoveTreat illness

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸丑)牛 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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