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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

Thursday, December 6, 2018

Lunar 二〇一八年 · 十月廿九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2018-12-06

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Fri

    2018-12-07

    In 1 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Sat

    2018-12-22

    In 16 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

十月廿九

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingClean the homeAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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