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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 2169

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Lunar month 1026Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1027Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1028Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1029Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1030Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 108Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1010Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1011Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1012Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1013Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1014Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1015Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1016Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1017Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1118Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1119Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1120Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWinter Solstice21Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1122Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1123Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1124Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1125Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1126Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1127Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1128Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold5Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, December 9, 2169

Lunar 二一六九年 · 十月廿一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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

    Thu

    2169-12-07

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2169-12-09

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Thu

    2169-12-21

    In 12 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Fri

    2170-01-05

    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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丙子

十月廿一

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringBathingComing-of-age riteSet the marriage bedCut garmentsConstructionBreak groundDismantle

Avoid

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

MarriageOffer prayersConsecrateDig a wellBurialFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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