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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 2217

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 1130Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1112Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1113Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1114Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1115Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1116Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1117Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1118Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1119Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1120Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1121Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingWinter Solstice22Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1123Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1124Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1125Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1126Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Cold6Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, December 22, 2217

Lunar 二二一七年 · 冬月廿三

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

    Sun

    2217-12-07

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2217-12-22

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Lesser Cold

    Tue

    2218-01-06

    In 15 days

  4. Greater Cold

    Wed

    2218-01-21

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 冬至

Year cycle

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

壬子

冬月廿三

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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