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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 1858

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 931Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 106Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 107Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter8Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 109Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1010Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1011Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1012Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1013Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1014Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1015Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1016Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1017Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1018Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1019Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1020Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1021Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Snow22Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1023Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1024Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1025Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1026Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1027Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1028Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1029Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1030Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 101Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 102Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 103Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 104Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 115Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Snow7Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1110Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1111Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, November 14, 1858

Lunar 一八五八年 · 十月初九

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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. Start of Winter

    Mon

    1858-11-08

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1858-11-14

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Mon

    1858-11-22

    In 8 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Tue

    1858-12-07

    In 23 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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

癸亥

十月初九

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingTravelAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundBreak ground for burialFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

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

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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