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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 2166

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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Leap lunar month 1030Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 101Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 102Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 103Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 104Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 105Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 106Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow7Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 108Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 109Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 1010Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 1011Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 1012Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 1013Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 1014Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 1015Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 1016Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 1017Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 1018Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 1019Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 1020Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 1021Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWinter Solstice22Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1123Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1124Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1125Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1126Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1127Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1128Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold5Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, December 5, 2166

Lunar 二一六六年 · 闰十月十三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Sat

    2166-11-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2166-12-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Sun

    2166-12-07

    In 2 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Mon

    2166-12-22

    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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

己亥

闰十月十三

Day cycle

丁卯

炉中火

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsDismantleConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsSet a bed

Avoid

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

Build a stoveTreat illness

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛酉)鸡 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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