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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

Sunday, December 18, 2005

Lunar 二〇〇五年 · 冬月十八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Wed

    2005-12-07

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2005-12-18

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Thu

    2005-12-22

    In 4 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Thu

    2006-01-05

    In 18 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

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

戊子

冬月十八

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Build animal sheltersTrain livestock

Avoid

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

Move into a homeRelocateSeparate householdsBuild a stoveMove the hearthSet an altarBreak groundMarriageDig a wellClean the home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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