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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 1856

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 926Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1029Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1030Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1031Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Winter7Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 108Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 109Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1010Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1011Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1012Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1013Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1014Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1015Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1016Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1017Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1018Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1019Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1020Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1021Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Snow22Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1023Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1024Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1025Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1026Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1027Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, November 5, 1856

Lunar 一八五六年 · 十月初八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. 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. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1856-10-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1856-11-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Fri

    1856-11-07

    In 2 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Sat

    1856-11-22

    In 17 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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

戊戌

十月初八

Day cycle

壬辰

长流水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙戌)狗 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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