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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 2233

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Lunar month 101Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1115Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1117Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1118Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1119Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1120Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1121Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWinter Solstice22Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1123Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1124Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1125Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1126Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold6Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, December 5, 2233

Lunar 二二三三年 · 冬月初四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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. Lesser Snow

    Fri

    2233-11-22

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2233-12-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Sat

    2233-12-07

    In 2 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Sun

    2233-12-22

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

小雪 → 大雪

Year cycle

癸酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

癸亥

冬月初四

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringComing-of-age riteCut garmentsTimber workBuild roof beamsSet up a horse frameLay foundation stones

Avoid

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

Build a houseBuild a boatBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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