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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 2161

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Lunar month 1029Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1030Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 108Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1010Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1011Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1012Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1013Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1014Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1015Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1016Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1117Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1118Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1119Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1120Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWinter Solstice21Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1122Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1123Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1124Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1125Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1126Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1127Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1128Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold5Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, December 15, 2161

Lunar 二一六一年 · 十月廿九

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. Greater Snow

    Mon

    2161-12-07

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2161-12-15

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Mon

    2161-12-21

    In 6 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    2162-01-05

    In 21 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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

庚子

十月廿九

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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