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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 1893

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Lunar month 929Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 931Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter7Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 108Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1010Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1011Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1012Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1013Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1014Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1015Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1016Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1017Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1018Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1019Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1020Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1021Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Snow22Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1023Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1024Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1025Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1026Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1027Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1028Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1029Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, November 27, 1893

Lunar 一八九三年 · 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. Lesser Snow

    Wed

    1893-11-22

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1893-11-27

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Thu

    1893-12-07

    In 10 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Thu

    1893-12-21

    In 24 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

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

癸亥

十月二十

Day cycle

戊辰

大林木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageSet a bedWelcome a household memberFuneral preparationEnd mourning dress

Avoid

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

Open for businessTradeBreak ground for burialBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬戌)狗 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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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