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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 1854

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Lunar month 929Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 931Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter8Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 912Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 913Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 914Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 915Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1020Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1021Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Snow22Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1023Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1024Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1025Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1026Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1027Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1028Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1029Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow7Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 108Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 109Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, November 20, 1854

Lunar 一八五四年 · 十月初一

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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

    Wed

    1854-11-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1854-11-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Wed

    1854-11-22

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Thu

    1854-12-07

    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

甲寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

乙亥

十月初一

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingClean the homeCaptureHuntingLift misfortuneSeal openingsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageMove into a homeOpen for businessSet a bedBreak ground for burialTend a grave

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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