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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

December 2116

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Lunar month 1029Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow7Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 119Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1110Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1111Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1112Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1113Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1114Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1115Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1116Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1117Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1118Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1119Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1120Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1121Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWinter Solstice22Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1123Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1124Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1125Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1126Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1127Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1131Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold5Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, December 18, 2116

Lunar 二一一六年 · 冬月十五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    2116-12-07

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2116-12-18

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Tue

    2116-12-22

    In 4 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    2117-01-05

    In 18 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

庚子

冬月十五

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsMake an offeringBathingAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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