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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 2042

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1030Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 108Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1010Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1011Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1112Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1113Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1114Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1115Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1116Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1117Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1118Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1119Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1120Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1121Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWinter Solstice22Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1123Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1124Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1125Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1126Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1127Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1128Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold5Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1110Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, December 9, 2042

Lunar 二〇四二年 · 十月廿七

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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

    Sun

    2042-12-07

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2042-12-09

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Mon

    2042-12-22

    In 13 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    2043-01-05

    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

壬戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

壬子

十月廿七

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteSet an altarMove the hearthConstruction

Avoid

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

TravelDig a wellBreak ground for burialFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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