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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 1896

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TODAY
Sun
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Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 91Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Winter7Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 108Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 109Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1010Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1011Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1012Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1013Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1014Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1015Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1016Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1017Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1018Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1019Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1020Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1021Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Snow22Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1023Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1024Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1025Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1026Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1027Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1028Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1029Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1030Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow6Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, November 12, 1896

Lunar 一八九六年 · 十月初八

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. Start of Winter

    Sat

    1896-11-07

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1896-11-12

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Sun

    1896-11-22

    In 10 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Sun

    1896-12-06

    In 24 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

己亥

十月初八

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

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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