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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

December 2188

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 1030Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow6Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 107Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 108Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 109Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1010Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1011Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1012Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1013Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1014Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1015Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1016Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1017Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1118Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1119Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1120Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWinter Solstice21Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1122Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1123Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1124Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1125Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1126Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1127Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1131Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold5Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, December 6, 2188

Lunar 二一八八年 · 十月十八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    2188-11-21

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2188-12-06

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Sun

    2188-12-21

    In 15 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    2189-01-05

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 大雪

Year cycle

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

甲子

十月十八

Day cycle

甲子

海中金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TradeWelcome a household memberMake an offeringBathingCaptureFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressBurialThanksgiving rite

Avoid

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

Purification riteMove into a homeConstructionBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊午)马 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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