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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 1863

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TODAY
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Lunar month 91Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter8Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 910Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1011Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1012Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1013Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1014Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1015Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1016Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1017Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1018Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1019Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1020Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1021Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1022Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Snow23Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1024Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1025Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1026Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1027Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1028Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1029Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1030Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow7Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 108Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 109Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1010Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, November 12, 1863

Lunar 一八六三年 · 十月初二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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

    Sun

    1863-11-08

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1863-11-12

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Mon

    1863-11-23

    In 11 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Mon

    1863-12-07

    In 25 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

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

癸亥

十月初二

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingTravelComing-of-age riteWelcome a household memberAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundBurialBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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