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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 1876

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 1026Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1027Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1028Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1029Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1030Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 108Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1010Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1011Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1012Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1013Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1014Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1015Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1116Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1117Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1118Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1119Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1120Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWinter Solstice21Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1122Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1123Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1124Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1125Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1126Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1127Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1128Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1131Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold5Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, December 9, 1876

Lunar 一八七六年 · 十月廿四

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

    Thu

    1876-12-07

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1876-12-09

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Thu

    1876-12-21

    In 12 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Fri

    1877-01-05

    In 27 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

庚子

十月廿四

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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