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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 1868

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Lunar month 91Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter7Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 98Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 99Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 912Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 913Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1014Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1015Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1016Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1017Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1018Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1019Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1020Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1021Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Snow22Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1023Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1024Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1025Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1026Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1027Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1028Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1029Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1030Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 108Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1010Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1011Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1012Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, November 9, 1868

Lunar 一八六八年 · 九月廿五

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

    Sat

    1868-11-07

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1868-11-09

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Sun

    1868-11-22

    In 13 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Mon

    1868-12-07

    In 28 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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

癸亥

九月廿五

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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