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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 1861

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Lunar month 927Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 931Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter7Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 108Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1010Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1011Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1012Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1013Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1014Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1015Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1016Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1017Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1018Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1019Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1020Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1021Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Snow22Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1023Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1024Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1025Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1026Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1027Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1028Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1029Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, November 21, 1861

Lunar 一八六一年 · 十月十九

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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

    Thu

    1861-11-07

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1861-11-21

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Fri

    1861-11-22

    In 1 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Sat

    1861-12-07

    In 16 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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

己亥

十月十九

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Offer prayersPurification riteTravelMake a pactFormal betrothalFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialBurialErect a memorial

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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