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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 2211

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Lunar month 101Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow8Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1117Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1118Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1119Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1120Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1121Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1122Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWinter Solstice23Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1124Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1125Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1126Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1127Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, December 9, 2211

Lunar 二二一一年 · 冬月初四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Sat

    2211-11-23

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2211-12-09

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Mon

    2211-12-23

    In 14 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    2212-01-06

    In 28 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

大雪 → 冬至

Year cycle

辛亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

庚子

冬月初四

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementTravelVisit friends and familyInstall machineryRaise pillarsRaise a roof beam

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundBreak ground for burialOffer prayersMove the hearthMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

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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