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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

December 1855

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1025Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1026Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1027Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1028Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1029Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1030Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow7Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 108Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1117Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1118Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1119Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1120Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1121Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWinter Solstice22Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1123Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1124Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1125Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1126Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1127Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, December 15, 1855

Lunar 一八五五年 · 冬月初七

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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. Greater Snow

    Fri

    1855-12-07

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1855-12-15

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Sat

    1855-12-22

    In 7 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Sun

    1856-01-06

    In 22 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

乙卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

戊子

冬月初七

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementTravelVisit friends and familyInstall machineryRaise pillarsRaise a roof beam

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundBreak ground for burialOffer prayersMove the hearthMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

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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