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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 1847

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Lunar month 1028Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1029Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1030Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 107Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow8Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1117Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1118Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1119Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1120Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1121Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWinter Solstice22Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1123Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1124Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1125Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1126Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1127Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, December 5, 1847

Lunar 一八四七年 · 十月廿八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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. Lesser Snow

    Tue

    1847-11-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1847-12-05

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Wed

    1847-12-08

    In 3 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Wed

    1847-12-22

    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

丁未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

辛亥

十月廿八

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Offer prayersPurification riteTravelMake a pactFormal betrothalFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialBurialErect a memorial

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

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

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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