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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 1863

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1029Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1030Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow7Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 108Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 109Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1010Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1117Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1118Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1119Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1120Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1121Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWinter Solstice22Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1123Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1124Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1125Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1126Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1127Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1131Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold6Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 117Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, December 18, 1863

Lunar 一八六三年 · 冬月初八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Mon

    1863-12-07

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1863-12-18

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Tue

    1863-12-22

    In 4 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Wed

    1864-01-06

    In 19 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

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

甲子

冬月初八

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Build roof beamsConstructionBreak groundInstall doorsBuild a stoveSeal openingsDig a pondBuild a washroomBuild a dikeMend walls

Avoid

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

MarriageOffer prayersDig a wellFuneral processionBurialSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

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

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.

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