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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 2165

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Lunar month 101Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow7Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1117Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1118Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1119Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1120Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWinter Solstice21Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1122Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1123Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1124Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1125Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1126Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1127Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold5Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, December 5, 2165

Lunar 二一六五年 · 冬月初三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. 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

    Fri

    2165-11-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2165-12-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Sat

    2165-12-07

    In 2 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Sat

    2165-12-21

    In 16 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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丁亥

冬月初三

Day cycle

壬戌

大海水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteSet a bedFormal betrothalVisit friends and familySeal openingsCaptureAcquire propertyBuild animal shelters

Avoid

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

ConsecrateDig a wellBurialThanksgiving riteTend a grave

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙辰)龙 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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