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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 2196

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Lunar month 1027Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1028Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1029Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow6Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 107Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 108Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 109Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1010Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1011Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1012Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1013Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1014Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1015Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1016Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1017Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1018Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1119Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1120Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWinter Solstice21Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1122Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1123Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1124Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1125Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1126Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1127Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1131Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold5Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, December 29, 2196

Lunar 二一九六年 · 冬月十一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Wed

    2196-12-21

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2196-12-29

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Thu

    2197-01-05

    In 7 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Thu

    2197-01-19

    In 21 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

庚子

冬月十一

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteWelcome a household memberVisit friends and familyTimber workBuild roof beams

Avoid

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

Prepare a burial plotBreak ground for burialFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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