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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 1843

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TODAY
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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 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWinter Solstice22Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1123Day 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 16, 1843

Lunar 一八四三年 · 十月廿五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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. Greater Snow

    Fri

    1843-12-08

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1843-12-16

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Fri

    1843-12-22

    In 6 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Sat

    1844-01-06

    In 21 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

癸卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

甲子

十月廿五

Day cycle

甲子

海中金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TradeWelcome a household memberMake an offeringBathingCaptureFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressBurialThanksgiving rite

Avoid

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

Purification riteMove into a homeConstructionBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊午)马 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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