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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 1857

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Lunar month 1029Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1030Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow7Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 108Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1010Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1011Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1012Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1013Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1014Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1015Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1116Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1117Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1118Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1119Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1120Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1121Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWinter Solstice22Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1123Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1124Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1125Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1126Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1127Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1128Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold5Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, December 26, 1857

Lunar 一八五七年 · 冬月十一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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

    Tue

    1857-12-22

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1857-12-26

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    1858-01-05

    In 10 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Wed

    1858-01-20

    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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

壬子

冬月十一

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set the marriage bedCut garmentsTrain livestockAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBreak groundBreak ground for burialMarriageBuild a stoveBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

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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