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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 1854

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Lunar month 1026Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1027Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1028Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1029Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow7Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 108Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 109Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1010Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1011Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1012Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1013Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1014Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1015Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1016Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1017Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1018Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1019Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1120Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1121Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWinter Solstice22Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1123Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1124Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1125Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1126Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1127Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1131Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold6Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, December 2, 1854

Lunar 一八五四年 · 十月十三

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Wed

    1854-11-22

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1854-12-02

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Thu

    1854-12-07

    In 5 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Fri

    1854-12-22

    In 20 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

甲寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

乙亥

十月十三

Day cycle

戊申

大驿土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingCaptureHuntingMake netsClean the home

Avoid

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

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactSet a bedBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬寅)虎 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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