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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

Tuesday, November 23, 1869

Lunar 一八六九年 · 十月二十

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    1869-11-07

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1869-11-23

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Tue

    1869-12-07

    In 14 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Wed

    1869-12-22

    In 29 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

小雪 → 大雪

Year cycle

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

乙亥

十月二十

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringComing-of-age riteCut garmentsTimber workBuild roof beamsSet up a horse frameLay foundation stones

Avoid

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

Build a houseBuild a boatBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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