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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 2156

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Lunar month 1028Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1029Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow6Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 107Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 108Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 109Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1010Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1011Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1012Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1113Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1114Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1115Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1116Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1117Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1118Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1119Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1120Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWinter Solstice21Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1122Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1123Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1124Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1125Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1126Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1127Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1131Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold5Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, December 4, 2156

Lunar 二一五六年 · 十月廿二

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. Lesser Snow

    Mon

    2156-11-22

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2156-12-04

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Mon

    2156-12-06

    In 2 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Tue

    2156-12-21

    In 17 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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

己亥

十月廿二

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Offer prayersPurification riteTravelMake a pactFormal betrothalFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialBurialErect a memorial

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBuild a stove

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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