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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 2159

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1025Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1026Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1027Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1028Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1029Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1030Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 101Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 102Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 103Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 104Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 105Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 106Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Snow7Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 108Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 109Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1110Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1111Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1112Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1113Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1114Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1115Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1116Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1117Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1118Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1119Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1120Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1121Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWinter Solstice22Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1123Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1124Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1125Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1126Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1127Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1128Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1129Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1130Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1131Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, December 26, 2159

Lunar 二一五九年 · 冬月十七

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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. Winter Solstice

    Sat

    2159-12-22

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2159-12-26

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    2160-01-06

    In 11 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Sun

    2160-01-20

    In 25 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

己未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

丙子

冬月十七

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Build roof beamsConstructionBreak groundInstall doorsBuild a stoveSeal openingsDig a pondBuild a washroomBuild a dikeMend walls

Avoid

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

MarriageOffer prayersDig a wellFuneral processionBurialSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

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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