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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 2117

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 1128Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow7Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1117Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1118Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1119Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1120Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1121Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWinter Solstice22Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1223Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1224Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1225Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1226Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, December 19, 2117

Lunar 二一一七年 · 冬月廿六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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

    Tue

    2117-12-07

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2117-12-19

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Wed

    2117-12-22

    In 3 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Thu

    2118-01-06

    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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

壬子

冬月廿六

Day cycle

甲子

海中金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TradeWelcome a household memberMake an offeringBathingCaptureFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressBurialThanksgiving rite

Avoid

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

Purification riteMove into a homeConstructionBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊午)马 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

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

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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