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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 1891

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Lunar month 91Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 107Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter8Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1010Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1011Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1012Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1013Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1014Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1015Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1016Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1017Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1018Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1019Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1020Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1021Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Snow22Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1023Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1024Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1025Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1026Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1027Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1028Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1029Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1030Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1110Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1111Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1112Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, November 4, 1891

Lunar 一八九一年 · 十月初三

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    1891-10-24

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1891-11-04

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Sun

    1891-11-08

    In 4 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Sun

    1891-11-22

    In 18 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

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

戊戌

十月初三

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateOffer prayersPurification riteTravelMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsMarriage

Avoid

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

Open a storehouseComing-of-age riteTimber workBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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