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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 2009

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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

Friday, December 18, 2009

Lunar 二〇〇九年 · 冬月初三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Mon

    2009-12-07

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2009-12-18

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Tue

    2009-12-22

    In 4 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    2010-01-05

    In 18 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

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丙子

冬月初三

Day cycle

丁酉

山下火

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingSet a bedReceive wealthHuntingCapture

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛卯)兔 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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