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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 1885

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 1029Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1115Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1117Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1118Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1119Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1120Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWinter Solstice21Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1122Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1123Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1124Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1125Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1126Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1131Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold5Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, December 22, 1885

Lunar 一八八五年 · 冬月十七

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

    1885-12-07

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1885-12-22

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    1886-01-05

    In 14 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Wed

    1886-01-20

    In 29 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

冬至 → 小寒

Year cycle

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

戊子

冬月十七

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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