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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 1886

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1031Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter7Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 108Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 109Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1010Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1011Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1012Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1013Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1014Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1015Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1016Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1017Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1018Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1019Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1020Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1021Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Snow22Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1023Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1024Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1025Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1126Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1127Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow7Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 119Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1110Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1111Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, November 5, 1886

Lunar 一八八六年 · 十月初十

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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. Frost Descent

    Sat

    1886-10-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1886-11-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Sun

    1886-11-07

    In 2 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Mon

    1886-11-22

    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

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

戊戌

十月初十

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringPray for childrenComing-of-age riteWelcome a household memberVisit friends and familyInstall doorsSet a bedMeridian therapyReceive wealthAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Offer prayersPurification riteFormal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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