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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 1888

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Lunar month 928Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 931Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Winter7Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 108Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 109Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1010Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1011Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1012Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1013Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1014Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1015Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1016Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1017Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1018Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1019Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1020Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1021Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Snow22Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1023Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1024Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1025Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1026Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1027Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1028Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1029Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1030Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow6Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, November 23, 1888

Lunar 一八八八年 · 十月二十

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

    Wed

    1888-11-07

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1888-11-23

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Thu

    1888-12-06

    In 13 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Fri

    1888-12-21

    In 28 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

小雪 → 大雪

Year cycle

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

癸亥

十月二十

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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