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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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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 26, 1849

Lunar 一八四九年 · 冬月十三

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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. Winter Solstice

    Sat

    1849-12-22

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1849-12-26

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Sat

    1850-01-05

    In 10 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Sun

    1850-01-20

    In 25 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

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丙子

冬月十三

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Treat illnessDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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