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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 2015

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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

Friday, December 11, 2015

Lunar 二〇一五年 · 冬月初一

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. 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

    Mon

    2015-12-07

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2015-12-11

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Tue

    2015-12-22

    In 11 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    2016-01-06

    In 26 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

乙未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

戊子

冬月初一

Day cycle

辛酉

石榴木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateHaircutGroom nailsSet a bedBuild a stoveClean the homeTrain livestock

Avoid

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

Timber workReceive livestockBreak ground for burialBurialPrepare a burial plotMarriageOpen for businessBreak groundTradeBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙卯)兔 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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