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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 2018

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Lunar month 1025Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1026Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1027Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1028Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1029Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1030Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1110Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1111Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1112Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1113Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1114Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1115Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1116Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1117Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1118Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1119Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1120Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1121Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWinter Solstice22Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1123Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1124Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1125Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1126Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1127Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1128Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold5Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Lunar 二〇一八年 · 十月廿七

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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

    Thu

    2018-11-22

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2018-12-04

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Fri

    2018-12-07

    In 3 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Sat

    2018-12-22

    In 18 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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

癸亥

十月廿七

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneOffer prayersConsecrateSculpture and paintingPurification riteMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsComing-of-age rite

Avoid

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

Build a houseTreat illness

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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