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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 1876

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Lunar month 929Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter7Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 98Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 99Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 912Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 913Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 914Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 915Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1016Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1017Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1018Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1019Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1020Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1021Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Snow22Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1023Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1024Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1025Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1026Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1027Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1028Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1029Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1030Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 108Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, November 16, 1876

Lunar 一八七六年 · 十月初一

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

    Tue

    1876-11-07

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1876-11-16

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Wed

    1876-11-22

    In 6 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Thu

    1876-12-07

    In 21 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

己亥

十月初一

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneMove the hearthDismantleConstructionWelcome a household memberBreak groundMove into a home

Avoid

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

Acquire propertySet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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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