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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

November 1870

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Lunar month 1030Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1031Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter7Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 108Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 109Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1010Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1011Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1012Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1013Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1014Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1015Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1016Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1017Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1018Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1019Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1020Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1021Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Snow22Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 1023Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 1024Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 1025Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 1026Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 1027Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 1028Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 1029Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 1030Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 101Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 102Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 103Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 104Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 105Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 106Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow7Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 108Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 109Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 1010Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, November 9, 1870

Lunar 一八七〇年 · 十月十七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Mon

    1870-11-07

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1870-11-09

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Tue

    1870-11-22

    In 13 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Wed

    1870-12-07

    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

庚午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丁亥

十月十七

Day cycle

己酉

大驿土

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessReceive wealthTravelMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteExchange family namesBegin studyLay foundations

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeMove the hearthFuneral preparationBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸卯)兔 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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