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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 2168

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Lunar month 1027Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1028Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1129Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1130Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 115Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow6Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1110Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1111Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1112Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1113Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1114Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1115Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1116Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1117Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1118Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1119Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1120Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWinter Solstice21Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1122Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1123Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1124Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1125Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1126Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1127Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1128Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1229Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1230Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold5Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, December 19, 2168

Lunar 二一六八年 · 冬月廿一

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. Greater Snow

    Tue

    2168-12-06

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2168-12-19

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Wed

    2168-12-21

    In 2 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Thu

    2169-01-05

    In 17 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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

甲子

冬月廿一

Day cycle

壬辰

长流水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingConsecrateMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsComing-of-age riteDismantleConstructionSet a bedMove into a home

Avoid

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

Dig a wellTimber workPurification riteBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙戌)狗 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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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