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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 1883

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Lunar month 1025Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1026Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1027Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1028Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1029Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1110Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1111Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1112Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1113Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1114Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1115Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1116Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1117Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1118Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1119Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1120Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1121Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingWinter Solstice22Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1123Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1124Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1125Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1126Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1127Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1128Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, December 2, 1883

Lunar 一八八三年 · 冬月初三

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

    1883-11-22

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1883-12-02

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Fri

    1883-12-07

    In 5 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Sat

    1883-12-22

    In 20 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

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

癸亥

冬月初三

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.

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