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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.

November 1818

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Lunar month 101Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 102Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 103Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 104Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 105Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 106Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 107Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter8Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 109Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1010Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1011Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1012Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1013Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1014Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1015Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1016Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1017Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1018Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1019Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1020Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1021Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1022Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Snow23Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1024Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1025Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1026Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1027Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1128Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1129Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1130Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 115Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Snow7Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1110Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1111Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1112Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, November 17, 1818

Lunar 一八一八年 · 十月十九

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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. Start of Winter

    Sun

    1818-11-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1818-11-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Mon

    1818-11-23

    In 6 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Mon

    1818-12-07

    In 20 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

立冬 → 小雪

Year cycle

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

癸亥

十月十九

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingMake netsMove a coffinFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dress

Avoid

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

Set a bedOpen for businessTradeDispatch goodsBurialTend a graveMarriageBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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