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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 1825

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Lunar month 1027Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1028Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1029Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1030Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow7Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 108Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1110Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1111Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1112Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1113Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1114Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1115Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1116Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1117Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1118Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1119Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1120Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1121Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWinter Solstice22Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1123Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1124Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1125Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1126Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1127Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1128Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold6Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, December 18, 1825

Lunar 一八二五年 · 冬月初九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Wed

    1825-12-07

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1825-12-18

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Thu

    1825-12-22

    In 4 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Fri

    1826-01-06

    In 19 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

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

戊子

冬月初九

Day cycle

壬辰

长流水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingConsecrateMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsComing-of-age riteDismantleConstructionSet a bedMove into a home

Avoid

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

Dig a wellTimber workPurification riteBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙戌)狗 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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