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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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TODAY
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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

Monday, December 9, 2165

Lunar 二一六五年 · 冬月初七

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Sat

    2165-12-07

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2165-12-09

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Sat

    2165-12-21

    In 12 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    2166-01-05

    In 27 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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

戊子

冬月初七

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementTravelVisit friends and familyInstall machineryRaise pillarsRaise a roof beam

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundBreak ground for burialOffer prayersMove the hearthMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

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

Avoid

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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