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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 2097

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TODAY
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Lunar month 101Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 102Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 103Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 115Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow6Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1110Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1111Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1112Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1113Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1114Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1115Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1116Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1117Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1118Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1119Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1120Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWinter Solstice21Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1122Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1123Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1124Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1125Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1126Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1127Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1128Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1129Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1130Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1131Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold5Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, December 8, 2097

Lunar 二〇九七年 · 冬月初五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Fri

    2097-12-06

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2097-12-08

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Sat

    2097-12-21

    In 13 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    2098-01-05

    In 28 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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

壬子

冬月初五

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteWelcome a household memberVisit friends and familyTimber workBuild roof beams

Avoid

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

Prepare a burial plotBreak ground for burialFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

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

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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