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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 1873

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TODAY
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Lunar month 926Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter7Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 98Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 913Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1020Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1021Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Snow22Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1023Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1024Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1025Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1026Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1027Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1028Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1029Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1030Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, November 2, 1873

Lunar 一八七三年 · 九月十三

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. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1873-10-23

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1873-11-02

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Fri

    1873-11-07

    In 5 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Sat

    1873-11-22

    In 20 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

癸酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

壬戌

九月十三

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOpen for businessConsecrateTravelMove into a homeRelocateMove the hearthDismantleConstruction

Avoid

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

Receive livestockTimber workAcquire propertyBuild roof beamsFuneral processionBurialTend a graveErect a memorial

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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