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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 1881

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TODAY
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Lunar month 930Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter7Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 98Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 913Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 921Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Snow22Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1023Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1024Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1025Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1026Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1027Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1028Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1029Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1030Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow7Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 108Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1010Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, November 19, 1881

Lunar 一八八一年 · 九月廿八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Mon

    1881-11-07

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1881-11-19

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Tue

    1881-11-22

    In 3 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Wed

    1881-12-07

    In 18 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

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

己亥

九月廿八

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsMake an offeringAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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