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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

December 2048

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Lunar month 1029Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1030Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Snow6Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 119Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1110Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1111Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1112Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1113Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1114Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1115Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1116Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1117Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1118Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1119Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1120Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWinter Solstice21Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1122Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1123Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1124Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1125Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1126Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1127Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1128Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold5Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, December 17, 2048

Lunar 二〇四八年 · 冬月十三

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

    Sun

    2048-12-06

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2048-12-17

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Mon

    2048-12-21

    In 4 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    2049-01-05

    In 19 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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

甲子

冬月十三

Day cycle

辛酉

石榴木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateHaircutGroom nailsSet a bedBuild a stoveClean the homeTrain livestock

Avoid

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

Timber workReceive livestockBreak ground for burialBurialPrepare a burial plotMarriageOpen for businessBreak groundTradeBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙卯)兔 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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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