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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 2215

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Lunar month 1026Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1027Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1028Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1029Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1030Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 107Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Snow8Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1010Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1011Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1012Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1013Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1014Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1015Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1016Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1017Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1018Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1019Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1020Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1121Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1122Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsWinter Solstice23Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1124Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1125Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1126Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1127Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1128Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 115Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold6Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, December 9, 2215

Lunar 二二一五年 · 十月十八

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. Lesser Snow

    Thu

    2215-11-23

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2215-12-09

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Sat

    2215-12-23

    In 14 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Sat

    2216-01-06

    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

乙卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

戊子

十月十八

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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