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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 2177

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Lunar month 1030Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 108Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1010Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1011Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1012Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1013Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1014Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1015Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1016Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1017Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1018Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1019Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1120Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWinter Solstice21Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1122Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1123Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1124Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1125Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1126Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1127Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1128Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold5Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1110Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, December 6, 2177

Lunar 二一七七年 · 十月十七

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    2177-11-22

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2177-12-06

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Sun

    2177-12-07

    In 1 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Sun

    2177-12-21

    In 15 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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

辛亥

十月十七

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 平

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 illnessTimber workBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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