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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

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
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

Friday, December 19, 2008

Lunar 二〇〇八年 · 冬月廿二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2008-12-19

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Sun

    2008-12-21

    In 2 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    2009-01-05

    In 17 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

冬月廿二

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateCut garmentsComing-of-age riteMarriageFormal betrothalDismantleConstructionBreak ground

Avoid

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

TravelBurialTend a graveOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

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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