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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 1835

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Lunar month 1029Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1030Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 107Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Snow8Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1010Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1011Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1012Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1013Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1014Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1015Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1016Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1017Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1018Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1019Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1120Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1121Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWinter Solstice22Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1123Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1124Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1125Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1126Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1127Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1128Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 115Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Cold6Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, December 26, 1835

Lunar 一八三五年 · 冬月初七

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. Winter Solstice

    Tue

    1835-12-22

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1835-12-26

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    1836-01-06

    In 11 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Thu

    1836-01-21

    In 26 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

冬至 → 小寒

Year cycle

乙未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

戊子

冬月初七

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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