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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 1859

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Lunar month 1030Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1031Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 107Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter8Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1010Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1011Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1012Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1013Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1014Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1015Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1016Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1017Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1018Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1019Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1020Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1021Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1022Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Snow23Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1124Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1125Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1126Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1127Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1128Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1110Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, November 16, 1859

Lunar 一八五九年 · 十月廿二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Tue

    1859-11-08

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1859-11-16

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Wed

    1859-11-23

    In 7 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Wed

    1859-12-07

    In 21 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

己未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

乙亥

十月廿二

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringComing-of-age riteCut garmentsTimber workBuild roof beamsSet up a horse frameLay foundation stones

Avoid

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

Build a houseBuild a boatBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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