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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 1872

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Lunar month 927Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 931Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Winter7Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 108Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 109Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1010Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1011Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1012Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1013Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1014Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1015Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1016Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1017Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1018Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1019Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1020Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1021Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Snow22Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1023Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1024Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1025Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1026Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1027Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1028Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1029Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1030Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow7Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, November 17, 1872

Lunar 一八七二年 · 十月十七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Thu

    1872-11-07

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1872-11-17

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Fri

    1872-11-22

    In 5 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Sat

    1872-12-07

    In 20 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

壬申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

辛亥

十月十七

Day cycle

戊辰

大林木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageSet a bedWelcome a household memberFuneral preparationEnd mourning dress

Avoid

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

Open for businessTradeBreak ground for burialBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬戌)狗 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

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

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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