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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 2197

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Lunar month 1026Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1027Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1028Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1029Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1030Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow6Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 107Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 108Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1117Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1118Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1119Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1120Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWinter Solstice21Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1122Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1123Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1124Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1125Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1126Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1127Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold5Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, December 24, 2197

Lunar 二一九七年 · 冬月十六

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

    Thu

    2197-12-21

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2197-12-24

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Fri

    2198-01-05

    In 12 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Sat

    2198-01-20

    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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

壬子

冬月十六

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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