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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 1851

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Lunar month 926Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 97Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter8Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 99Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 912Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 913Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 914Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 915Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 916Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 917Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 918Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 919Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 920Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 921Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 922Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Snow23Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1024Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1025Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1026Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1027Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1028Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1029Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1030Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, November 3, 1851

Lunar 一八五一年 · 九月十一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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

    Fri

    1851-10-24

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1851-11-03

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Sat

    1851-11-08

    In 5 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Sun

    1851-11-23

    In 20 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

辛亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

戊戌

九月十一

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneHaircutTimber workMove the hearthDismantleRaise a roof beamJoin roof ridges

Avoid

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

MarriageBurialFuneral processionLitigationBuild a bridgeBuild a stoveBreak ground for burialBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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