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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 2016

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Lunar month 1027Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1028Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow7Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 119Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1110Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1111Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1112Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1113Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1114Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1115Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1116Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1117Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1118Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1119Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1120Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWinter Solstice21Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1122Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1123Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1124Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1125Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1126Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1127Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1128Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold5Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, December 8, 2016

Lunar 二〇一六年 · 冬月初十

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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. Lesser Snow

    Tue

    2016-11-22

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2016-12-08

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Wed

    2016-12-21

    In 13 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Thu

    2017-01-05

    In 28 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

庚子

冬月初十

Day cycle

甲子

海中金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TradeWelcome a household memberMake an offeringBathingCaptureFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressBurialThanksgiving rite

Avoid

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

Purification riteMove into a homeConstructionBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊午)马 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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