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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 1869

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Lunar month 931Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter7Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 108Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1010Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1011Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1012Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1013Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1014Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1015Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1016Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1017Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1018Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1019Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1020Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1021Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Snow22Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1023Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1024Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1025Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1026Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1027Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1028Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1029Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, November 1, 1869

Lunar 一八六九年 · 九月廿八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Sat

    1869-10-23

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1869-11-01

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Sun

    1869-11-07

    In 6 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Mon

    1869-11-22

    In 21 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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

甲戌

九月廿八

Day cycle

丙申

山下火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteBathingRaise pillarsMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageDismantleMove into a home

Avoid

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

Build a stoveFuneral preparationBurialSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚寅)虎 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

Avoid

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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