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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 2004

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1028Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1029Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 108Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1010Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1011Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1115Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1117Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1118Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1119Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1120Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWinter Solstice21Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1122Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1123Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1124Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1125Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1126Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 117Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, December 24, 2004

Lunar 二〇〇四年 · 冬月十三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. 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. Winter Solstice

    Tue

    2004-12-21

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2004-12-24

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    2005-01-05

    In 12 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Thu

    2005-01-20

    In 27 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

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丙子

冬月十三

Day cycle

丁丑

涧下水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalMake vehicles and toolsMake an offeringOffer prayersTravelSet an altarConstructionBreak groundRaise a roof beam

Avoid

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

Break ground for burialBurialFuneral processionPrepare a burial plot

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛未)羊 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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