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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 1873

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 1030Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow7Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 108Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1010Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1011Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1012Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1013Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1014Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1015Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1016Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1017Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1018Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1019Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1120Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1121Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWinter Solstice22Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1123Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1124Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1125Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1126Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1127Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1128Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Cold5Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, December 1, 1873

Lunar 一八七三年 · 十月十二

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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

    Sat

    1873-11-22

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1873-12-01

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Sun

    1873-12-07

    In 6 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Mon

    1873-12-22

    In 21 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

癸酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

癸亥

十月十二

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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