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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 1999

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Lunar month 1028Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1029Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1030Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow7Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 119Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1110Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1111Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1112Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1113Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1114Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1115Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1116Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1117Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1118Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1119Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1120Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1121Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseWinter Solstice22Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1123Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1124Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1125Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1126Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1127Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1128Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1131Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Cold6Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, December 30, 1999

Lunar 一九九九年 · 冬月廿三

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. 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. Winter Solstice

    Wed

    1999-12-22

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1999-12-30

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Thu

    2000-01-06

    In 7 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Fri

    2000-01-21

    In 22 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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

丙子

冬月廿三

Day cycle

丙辰

沙中土

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Move into a homeSet a bedConsecrateMake an offeringMove the hearthDismantleBreak groundHang a signboardFuneral preparationBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessBuild a stoveAcquire propertyBuild roof beamsTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚戌)狗 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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