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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 2012

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Lunar month 1025Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1026Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1027Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1028Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1029Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 108Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1010Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1011Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1012Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1115Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1117Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1118Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1119Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1120Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWinter Solstice21Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1122Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1123Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1124Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1125Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1126Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, December 14, 2012

Lunar 二〇一二年 · 冬月初二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. 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

    Fri

    2012-12-07

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2012-12-14

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Fri

    2012-12-21

    In 7 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Sat

    2013-01-05

    In 22 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

壬辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

壬子

冬月初二

Day cycle

己酉

大驿土

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingHaircutClean the home

Avoid

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

Timber workReceive livestockRaise a roof beamMove into a homeBuild a stoveBuild animal sheltersMarriageBurialBuild roof beamsBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸卯)兔 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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