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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 2086

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Lunar month 101Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow7Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1117Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1118Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1119Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1120Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWinter Solstice21Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1122Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1123Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1124Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1125Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1126Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1127Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold5Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, December 21, 2086

Lunar 二〇八六年 · 冬月十六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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. Greater Snow

    Sat

    2086-12-07

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2086-12-21

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    2087-01-05

    In 15 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Mon

    2087-01-20

    In 30 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

丙午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

庚子

冬月十六

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactRelocateMove into a homeTravelInstall machineryVisit friends and familyMake an offeringOffer prayersPurification rite

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundSet a bedBuild a bridgeDig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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