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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 2011

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Lunar month 1127Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1115Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1117Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1118Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1119Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1120Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1121Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWinter Solstice22Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1123Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1124Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1225Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1226Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1227Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1228Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold6Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Lunar 二〇一一年 · 腊月初五

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. Winter Solstice

    Thu

    2011-12-22

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2011-12-29

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Fri

    2012-01-06

    In 8 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Sat

    2012-01-21

    In 23 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

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

庚子

腊月初五

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsMake an offeringBathingAvoid 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

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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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