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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 1874

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Lunar month 91Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter7Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 98Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 109Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1010Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1011Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1012Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1013Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1014Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1015Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1016Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1017Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1018Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1019Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1020Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1021Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Snow22Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1023Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1024Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1025Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1026Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1027Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1028Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1029Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1030Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 101Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 102Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 103Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 104Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 105Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 106Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Snow7Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 108Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1110Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1111Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1112Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, November 5, 1874

Lunar 一八七四年 · 九月廿七

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

    Fri

    1874-10-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1874-11-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Sat

    1874-11-07

    In 2 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Sun

    1874-11-22

    In 17 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

甲戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

甲戌

九月廿七

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Funeral preparationBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurialEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Open for businessMove into a homeMake an offeringAcquire propertyMend wallsSeal openings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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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