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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.

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

Thursday, November 20, 1851

Lunar 一八五一年 · 九月廿八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    1851-11-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1851-11-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Sun

    1851-11-23

    In 3 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Sun

    1851-12-07

    In 17 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

辛亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

己亥

九月廿八

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateLift misfortuneDismantleConstructionBreak groundSet a bedReceive livestockBurialTomb-opening riteFuneral preparation

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessMove the hearthPlantingBreak ground for burialMove into a homeRelocateSet an altarSeparate householdsDig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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