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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 1844

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TODAY
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Lunar month 927Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter7Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 98Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 99Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1010Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1011Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1012Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1013Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1014Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1015Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1016Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1017Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1018Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1019Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1020Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1021Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Snow22Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1023Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1024Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1025Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1026Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1027Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1028Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1029Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1030Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, November 3, 1844

Lunar 一八四四年 · 九月廿三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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. Frost Descent

    Wed

    1844-10-23

    Passed 11 days
  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1844-11-03

    Since the previous term: 11 days
  3. Start of Winter

    Thu

    1844-11-07

    In 4 days
  4. Lesser Snow

    Fri

    1844-11-22

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

霜降 → 立冬

Year cycle

甲辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

甲戌

九月廿三

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelMake vehicles and toolsBuild animal sheltersLift misfortuneComing-of-age riteCut garmentsBuild roof beamsCarvingVisit friends and familyRelocate

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundBreak ground for burialTend a grave

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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