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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 2186

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Lunar month 1026Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1027Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1028Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1029Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 108Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1010Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1115Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1117Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1118Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1119Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1120Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1121Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWinter Solstice22Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1123Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1124Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1125Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1126Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, December 1, 2186

Lunar 二一八六年 · 十月廿一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. 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

    Wed

    2186-11-22

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2186-12-01

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Thu

    2186-12-07

    In 6 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Fri

    2186-12-22

    In 21 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

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

己亥

十月廿一

Day cycle

戊申

大驿土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingCaptureHuntingMake netsClean the home

Avoid

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

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactSet a bedBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬寅)虎 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

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

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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