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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 2013

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Lunar month 101Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow7Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 119Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1110Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1111Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1112Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1113Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1114Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1115Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1116Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1117Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1118Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1119Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1120Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1121Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWinter Solstice22Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1123Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1124Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1125Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1126Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1127Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1131Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold5Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1210Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1211Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Lunar 二〇一三年 · 冬月初十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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. Greater Snow

    Sat

    2013-12-07

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2013-12-12

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Sun

    2013-12-22

    In 10 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    2014-01-05

    In 24 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

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

甲子

冬月初十

Day cycle

壬子

桑柘木

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BurialTomb-opening riteMove a coffinFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dress

Avoid

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

Avoid other undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙午)马 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

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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