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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 2021

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Lunar month 1028Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1029Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow7Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 119Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1110Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1111Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1112Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1113Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1114Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1115Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1116Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1117Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1118Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1119Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1120Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWinter Solstice21Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1122Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1123Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1124Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1125Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1126Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1127Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1131Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold5Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, December 9, 2021

Lunar 二〇二一年 · 冬月初六

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

    Tue

    2021-12-07

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2021-12-09

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Tue

    2021-12-21

    In 12 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    2022-01-05

    In 27 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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

庚子

冬月初六

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringFuneral preparationMove a coffinAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Move into a homeConstructionBreak groundBreak ground for burialInstall doorsRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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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