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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 2153

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Lunar month 1025Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1026Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1027Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1028Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1029Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1030Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 108Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1010Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1011Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1012Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1013Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1014Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1115Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1116Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1117Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1118Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1119Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1120Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1121Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWinter Solstice22Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1123Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1124Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1125Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1126Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1127Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1128Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold5Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, December 4, 2153

Lunar 二一五三年 · 十月十九

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. Lesser Snow

    Thu

    2153-11-22

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2153-12-04

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Fri

    2153-12-07

    In 3 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Sat

    2153-12-22

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

小雪 → 大雪

Year cycle

癸丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

癸亥

十月十九

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringComing-of-age riteCut garmentsTimber workBuild roof beamsSet up a horse frameLay foundation stones

Avoid

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

Build a houseBuild a boatBreak groundBreak ground for burial

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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