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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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TODAY
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Thu
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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 13, 2177

Lunar 二一七七年 · 十月廿四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. 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. Greater Snow

    Sun

    2177-12-07

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2177-12-13

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Sun

    2177-12-21

    In 8 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    2178-01-05

    In 23 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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

壬子

十月廿四

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingHaircutReceive wealthWelcome a household memberPlantingClean the homeCaptureHuntingMake nets

Avoid

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

Visit friends and familyBurialMove into a homeRelocateSet a bedOpen for businessFuneral processionMove the hearthBuild a stoveInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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