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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 2218

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Lunar month 1029Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 107Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow8Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 109Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1010Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1011Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1012Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1013Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1014Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1015Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1016Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1017Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1018Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1119Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1120Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1121Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWinter Solstice22Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1123Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1124Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1125Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1126Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1127Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1131Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold6Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, December 21, 2218

Lunar 二二一八年 · 冬月初三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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. Greater Snow

    Tue

    2218-12-08

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2218-12-21

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Tue

    2218-12-22

    In 1 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    2219-01-06

    In 16 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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

甲子

冬月初三

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringRepair wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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