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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 1849

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1025Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1026Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1027Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1028Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1029Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1030Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow7Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 108Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1010Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1011Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1012Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1013Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1114Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1115Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1116Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1117Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1118Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1119Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1120Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1121Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWinter Solstice22Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1123Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1124Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1125Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1126Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1127Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1128Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold5Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, December 19, 1849

Lunar 一八四九年 · 冬月初六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Fri

    1849-12-07

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1849-12-19

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Sat

    1849-12-22

    In 3 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Sat

    1850-01-05

    In 17 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

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丙子

冬月初六

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelBathingHaircutMend wallsSeal openings

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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