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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

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Lunar 二〇〇八年 · 冬月廿八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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. Winter Solstice

    Sun

    2008-12-21

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2008-12-25

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    2009-01-05

    In 11 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Tue

    2009-01-20

    In 26 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

冬至 → 小寒

Year cycle

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

甲子

冬月廿八

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelBathingHaircutMend wallsSeal openings

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

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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