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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 2019

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 111Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1115Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1117Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1118Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1119Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1120Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1121Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWinter Solstice22Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1123Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1124Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1125Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1226Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1227Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1228Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold6Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, December 22, 2019

Lunar 二〇一九年 · 冬月廿七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Sat

    2019-12-07

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2019-12-22

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    2020-01-06

    In 15 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Mon

    2020-01-20

    In 29 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 冬至

Year cycle

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

丙子

冬月廿七

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateCut garmentsComing-of-age riteMarriageFormal betrothalDismantleConstructionBreak ground

Avoid

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

TravelBurialTend a graveOpen for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

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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