DestiniDaily Insight

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 2014

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1030Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow7Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 108Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 109Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1010Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1011Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1012Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1013Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1014Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1015Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1016Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1017Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1018Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1019Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1020Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1021Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWinter Solstice22Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1123Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1124Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1125Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1126Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1127Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 117Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 119Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1110Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, December 18, 2014

Lunar 二〇一四年 · 十月廿七

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. Greater Snow

    Sun

    2014-12-07

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2014-12-18

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Mon

    2014-12-22

    In 4 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    2015-01-06

    In 19 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

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丙子

十月廿七

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.

BACK TO HOME