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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 2171

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Lunar month 111Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow7Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 119Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1110Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1111Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1112Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1113Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1114Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1115Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1116Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1117Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1118Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1119Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1120Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1121Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWinter Solstice22Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1123Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1124Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1125Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1126Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1227Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold6Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1210Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1211Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, December 5, 2171

Lunar 二一七一年 · 冬月初九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. Lesser Snow

    Fri

    2171-11-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2171-12-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Sat

    2171-12-07

    In 2 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Sun

    2171-12-22

    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

辛未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

己亥

冬月初九

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsSeek medical careTreat illnessAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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