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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
Sun
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Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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 12, 2165

Lunar 二一六五年 · 冬月初十

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Sat

    2165-12-07

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2165-12-12

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Sat

    2165-12-21

    In 9 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    2166-01-05

    In 24 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

冬月初十

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteWelcome a household memberVisit friends and familyTimber workBuild roof beams

Avoid

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

Prepare a burial plotBreak ground for burialFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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