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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 2108

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Lunar month 1025Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1026Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1027Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1028Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1029Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow7Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 119Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1110Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1111Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1112Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1113Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1114Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1115Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1116Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1117Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1118Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1119Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1120Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1121Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWinter Solstice22Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1123Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1124Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1125Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1126Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1127Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1131Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold5Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, December 16, 2108

Lunar 二一〇八年 · 冬月十四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    2108-12-07

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2108-12-16

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Sat

    2108-12-22

    In 6 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Sat

    2109-01-05

    In 20 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

冬月十四

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenSculpture and paintingLift misfortuneDismantleConstructionBreak ground

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessMove the hearthWelcome a household memberFuneral preparationTake officeMove into a homeRelocateTravelBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

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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