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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 2109

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Lunar month 101Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow7Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 108Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 109Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1010Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1011Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1012Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1013Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1014Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1015Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1016Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1017Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1018Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1019Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1020Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1021Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWinter Solstice22Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1123Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1124Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1125Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1126Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1127Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 117Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 119Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1110Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1111Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, December 23, 2109

Lunar 二一〇九年 · 冬月初二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. 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

    Sat

    2109-12-07

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2109-12-23

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    2110-01-06

    In 14 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Mon

    2110-01-20

    In 28 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

冬至 → 小寒

Year cycle

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丙子

冬月初二

Day cycle

丙戌

屋上土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Offer prayersPurification riteFormal betrothalMake a pactLift misfortuneSet up a horse frameSet roof-post openingsConstructionBreak groundLay foundations

Avoid

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

RelocateOpen for businessMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚辰)龙 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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