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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 1878

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Lunar month 1027Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1028Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1029Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1030Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1031Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter7Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 108Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 109Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1010Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1011Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1012Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1013Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1014Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1015Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1016Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1017Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1018Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1019Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1020Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1021Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Snow22Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1023Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1124Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1125Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1126Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1127Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow7Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, November 16, 1878

Lunar 一八七八年 · 十月廿二

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

    1878-11-07

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1878-11-16

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Fri

    1878-11-22

    In 6 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Sat

    1878-12-07

    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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

癸亥

十月廿二

Day cycle

戊戌

平地木

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set the marriage bedCut garmentsMarriageSet a bedFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialBuild animal shelters

Avoid

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

Acquire propertyBuild a boatConsecrateDig a wellBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬辰)龙 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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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