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 2015

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1029Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1030Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow7Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 108Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1010Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1111Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1112Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1113Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1114Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1115Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1116Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1117Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1118Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1119Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1120Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1121Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWinter Solstice22Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1123Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1124Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1125Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1126Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1127Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1128Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold6Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, December 3, 2015

Lunar 二〇一五年 · 十月廿二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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. Lesser Snow

    Sun

    2015-11-22

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2015-12-03

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Mon

    2015-12-07

    In 4 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Tue

    2015-12-22

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

小雪 → 大雪

Year cycle

乙未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

丁亥

十月廿二

Day cycle

癸丑

桑柘木

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingVisit friends and familyInstall machinerySeal openingsMake netsCut garmentsMeridian therapy

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessOffer prayersPurification riteBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁未)羊 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

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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