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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 2088

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 1028Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1029Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1030Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Snow6Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 107Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 108Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1010Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1011Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1012Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1113Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1114Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1115Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1116Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1117Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1118Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1119Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1120Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWinter Solstice21Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1122Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1123Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1124Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1125Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1126Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1127Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1128Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold4Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, December 13, 2088

Lunar 二〇八八年 · 冬月初一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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

    Mon

    2088-12-06

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2088-12-13

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Tue

    2088-12-21

    In 8 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    2089-01-04

    In 22 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

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

甲子

冬月初一

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringBathingComing-of-age riteSet the marriage bedCut garmentsConstructionBreak groundDismantle

Avoid

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

MarriageOffer prayersConsecrateDig a wellBurialFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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