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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 2198

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Lunar month 1025Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1026Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1027Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1028Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow7Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 119Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1110Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1111Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1112Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1113Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1114Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1115Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1116Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1117Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1118Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1119Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1120Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWinter Solstice21Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1122Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1123Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1124Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1125Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1126Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1127Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1228Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold5Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, December 26, 2198

Lunar 二一九八年 · 冬月廿八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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. Winter Solstice

    Fri

    2198-12-21

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2198-12-26

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Sat

    2199-01-05

    In 10 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Sun

    2199-01-20

    In 25 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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

甲子

冬月廿八

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Build animal sheltersTrain livestock

Avoid

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

Move into a homeRelocateSeparate householdsBuild a stoveMove the hearthSet an altarBreak groundMarriageDig a wellClean the home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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