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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 1879

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 926Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 927Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 931Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter8Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 910Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 911Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 912Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 913Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1014Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1015Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1016Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1017Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1018Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1019Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1020Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1021Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Snow22Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1023Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1024Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1025Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1026Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1027Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1028Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1029Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1030Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, November 16, 1879

Lunar 一八七九年 · 十月初三

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Sat

    1879-11-08

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1879-11-16

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Sat

    1879-11-22

    In 6 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Sun

    1879-12-07

    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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

乙亥

十月初三

Day cycle

癸卯

金箔金

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringPurification riteConsecrateSet an altarMove the hearthTravelDismantle

Avoid

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

Acquire propertyDig a wellLitigationPlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁酉)鸡 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

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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