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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 2009

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1029Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1030Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 101Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 102Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 103Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 104Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 105Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 106Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Snow7Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 108Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 109Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1010Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1011Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1012Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1013Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1014Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1015Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1116Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1117Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1118Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1119Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1120Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1121Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWinter Solstice22Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1123Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1124Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1125Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1126Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1127Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1128Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1129Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1130Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1131Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold5Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 119Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Lunar 二〇〇九年 · 十月十六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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. Lesser Snow

    Sun

    2009-11-22

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2009-12-02

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Mon

    2009-12-07

    In 5 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Tue

    2009-12-22

    In 20 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

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

乙亥

十月十六

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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