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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 1864

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Lunar month 1027Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1028Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow7Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1113Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1114Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1115Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1116Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1117Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1118Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1119Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1120Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWinter Solstice21Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1122Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1123Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1124Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1125Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1126Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1127Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold5Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, December 6, 1864

Lunar 一八六四年 · 冬月初八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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. Lesser Snow

    Tue

    1864-11-22

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1864-12-06

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Wed

    1864-12-07

    In 1 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Wed

    1864-12-21

    In 15 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

甲子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

乙亥

冬月初八

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneDemolish a houseDemolish wallsSeek medical careTreat illnessAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

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.

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