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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 2171

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Lunar month 111Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow7Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 119Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1110Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1111Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1112Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1113Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1114Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1115Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1116Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1117Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1118Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1119Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1120Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1121Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationWinter Solstice22Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1123Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1124Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1125Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1126Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1227Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Cold6Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1210Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1211Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, December 18, 2171

Lunar 二一七一年 · 冬月廿二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Sat

    2171-12-07

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2171-12-18

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Winter Solstice

    Sun

    2171-12-22

    In 4 days

  4. Lesser Cold

    Mon

    2172-01-06

    In 19 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

辛未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

庚子

冬月廿二

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Treat illnessDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

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

Avoid

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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