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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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TODAY
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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 28, 2012

Lunar 二〇一二年 · 冬月十六

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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

    Fri

    2012-12-21

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2012-12-28

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Sat

    2013-01-05

    In 8 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Sun

    2013-01-20

    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

壬辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

壬子

冬月十六

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingComing-of-age riteMend wallsSeal openingsCut garmentsConstructionBuild roof beamsSet roof-post openingsInstall millstonesBuild a dike

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeMarriageOffer prayersConsecrateDig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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