DestiniDaily Insight

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 1860

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1025Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1026Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1027Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1028Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1029Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1030Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 108Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1010Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1011Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1112Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1113Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1114Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1115Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1116Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1117Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1118Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1119Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1120Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWinter Solstice21Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1122Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1123Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1124Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1125Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1126Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1127Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1128Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold5Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, December 2, 1860

Lunar 一八六〇年 · 十月二十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Thu

    1860-11-22

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1860-12-02

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Fri

    1860-12-07

    In 5 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Fri

    1860-12-21

    In 19 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

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丁亥

十月二十

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateLift misfortuneDismantleConstructionBreak groundSet a bedReceive livestockBurialTomb-opening riteFuneral preparation

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessMove the hearthPlantingBreak ground for burialMove into a homeRelocateSet an altarSeparate householdsDig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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.

BACK TO HOME