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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 2180

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Lunar month 1026Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1027Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1028Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1029Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow6Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 107Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 108Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 109Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1010Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1011Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1012Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1013Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1014Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1015Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1016Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1117Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1118Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1119Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1120Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteWinter Solstice21Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1122Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1123Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1124Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1125Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1126Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1127Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1131Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Cold5Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, December 4, 2180

Lunar 二一八〇年 · 十月十八

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

    Tue

    2180-11-21

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2180-12-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Wed

    2180-12-06

    In 2 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Thu

    2180-12-21

    In 17 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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丁亥

十月十八

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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