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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 2005

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Lunar month 1027Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1028Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1029Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow7Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 119Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1110Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1111Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1112Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1113Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1114Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1115Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1116Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1117Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1118Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1119Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1120Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1121Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWinter Solstice22Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1123Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1124Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1125Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1126Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1127Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold5Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, December 1, 2005

Lunar 二〇〇五年 · 冬月初一

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. Lesser Snow

    Tue

    2005-11-22

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2005-12-01

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Wed

    2005-12-07

    In 6 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Thu

    2005-12-22

    In 21 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

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丁亥

冬月初一

Day cycle

己未

天上火

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteConsecrateVisit friends and familyLift misfortuneBegin study

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessMove into a homeMove the hearthRelocate

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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