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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 2185

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Lunar month 1127Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1128Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1110Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1111Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1112Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1113Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1114Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1115Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1116Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1117Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1118Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1119Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1120Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWinter Solstice21Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1222Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1223Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1224Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1225Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1226Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold5Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, December 31, 2185

Lunar 二一八五年 · 腊月初十

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. Winter Solstice

    Wed

    2185-12-21

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2185-12-31

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Thu

    2186-01-05

    In 5 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Fri

    2186-01-20

    In 20 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

冬至 → 小寒

Year cycle

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

戊子

腊月初十

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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