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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 1864

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Lunar month 1030Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1031Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Winter7Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 108Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 109Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1010Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1011Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1012Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1013Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1014Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1015Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1016Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1017Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1018Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1019Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1020Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1021Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Snow22Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1023Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1024Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1025Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1026Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1027Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1028Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow7Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, November 6, 1864

Lunar 一八六四年 · 十月初八

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. Frost Descent

    Sun

    1864-10-23

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1864-11-06

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Mon

    1864-11-07

    In 1 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Tue

    1864-11-22

    In 16 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

甲子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

甲戌

十月初八

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneTimber workBuild roof beamsMove the hearthDismantleMove into a homeRelocate

Avoid

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

Build a templeMarriageDig a wellPlantingBuild a bridgeBuild a stoveBreak ground

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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