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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 2189

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Lunar month 1029Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1030Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow7Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1117Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1118Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1119Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1120Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWinter Solstice21Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1122Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1123Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1124Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1125Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1126Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1127Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold5Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, December 24, 2189

Lunar 二一八九年 · 冬月十七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Mon

    2189-12-21

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2189-12-24

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    2190-01-05

    In 12 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Wed

    2190-01-20

    In 27 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

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丙子

冬月十七

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringBathingComing-of-age riteSet the marriage bedCut garmentsConstructionBreak groundDismantle

Avoid

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

MarriageOffer prayersConsecrateDig a wellBurialFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

Favourable

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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