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 2006

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Lunar month 1026Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1027Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1028Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1029Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1030Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow7Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 108Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 109Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1010Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1011Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1012Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1013Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1014Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1015Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1016Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1017Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1018Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1019Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1120Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1121Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWinter Solstice22Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1123Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1124Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1125Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1126Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1127Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, December 5, 2006

Lunar 二〇〇六年 · 十月十五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. 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. Lesser Snow

    Wed

    2006-11-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2006-12-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Thu

    2006-12-07

    In 2 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Fri

    2006-12-22

    In 17 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

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

己亥

十月十五

Day cycle

戊辰

大林木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageSet a bedWelcome a household memberFuneral preparationEnd mourning dress

Avoid

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

Open for businessTradeBreak ground for burialBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬戌)狗 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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