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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 1866

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Lunar month 928Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 929Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 931Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter7Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 108Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 109Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1010Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1011Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1012Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1013Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1014Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1015Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1016Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1017Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1018Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1019Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1020Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1021Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Snow22Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1023Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1024Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1025Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1026Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1027Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1028Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1029Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1030Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 101Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 102Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 103Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 104Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 105Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 106Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Snow7Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, November 20, 1866

Lunar 一八六六年 · 十月十四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Wed

    1866-11-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1866-11-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Thu

    1866-11-22

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Fri

    1866-12-07

    In 17 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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

己亥

十月十四

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Lift misfortuneRepair wallsComing-of-age riteTravelAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundBreak ground for burialMarriageBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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