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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 1846

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow7Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 108Day 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 1118Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1119Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1120Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1121Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWinter Solstice22Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1123Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1124Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1125Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1126Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1127Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1131Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold6Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, December 23, 1846

Lunar 一八四六年 · 冬月初六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Mon

    1846-12-07

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1846-12-23

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    1847-01-06

    In 14 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Wed

    1847-01-20

    In 28 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

丙午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

庚子

冬月初六

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringBathingComing-of-age riteSet the marriage bedCut garmentsConstructionBreak groundDismantle

Avoid

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

MarriageOffer prayersConsecrateDig a wellBurialFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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