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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 2163

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Lunar month 1127Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow7Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 119Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1110Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1111Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1112Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1113Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1114Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1115Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1116Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1117Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1118Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1119Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1120Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1121Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWinter Solstice22Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1123Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1124Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1225Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1226Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1227Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold6Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, December 5, 2163

Lunar 二一六三年 · 冬月初十

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. Lesser Snow

    Tue

    2163-11-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2163-12-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Wed

    2163-12-07

    In 2 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Thu

    2163-12-22

    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

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

癸亥

冬月初十

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingTravelAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundBreak ground for burialFuneral processionBurial

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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