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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 2008

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TODAY
Sun
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Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1130Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow7Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 119Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1110Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1111Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1112Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1113Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1114Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1115Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1116Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1117Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1118Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1119Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1120Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWinter Solstice21Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1122Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1123Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1124Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1125Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1126Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1227Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1228Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold5Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1210Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Lunar 二〇〇八年 · 冬月十七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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

    Sun

    2008-12-07

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2008-12-14

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Sun

    2008-12-21

    In 7 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    2009-01-05

    In 22 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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

甲子

冬月十七

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set the marriage bedCut garmentsTrain livestockAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBreak groundBreak ground for burialMarriageBuild a stoveBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

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

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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