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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 1840

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Lunar month 101Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Winter7Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 108Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 109Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1010Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1011Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1012Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1013Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1014Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1015Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1016Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1017Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1018Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1019Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1020Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1021Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Snow22Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1023Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1124Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1125Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1126Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1127Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow7Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, November 10, 1840

Lunar 一八四〇年 · 十月十七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Sat

    1840-11-07

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1840-11-10

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Sun

    1840-11-22

    In 12 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Mon

    1840-12-07

    In 27 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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丁亥

十月十七

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Avoid major undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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