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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

November 1899

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Lunar month 929Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter7Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 108Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1010Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1011Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1012Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1013Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1014Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1015Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1016Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1017Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1018Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1019Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1020Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1021Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Snow22Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1023Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1024Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1025Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1026Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1027Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1028Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1029Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1030Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, November 3, 1899

Lunar 一八九九年 · 十月初一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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

    Mon

    1899-10-23

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1899-11-03

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Tue

    1899-11-07

    In 4 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Wed

    1899-11-22

    In 19 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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

甲戌

十月初一

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneTimber workBuild roof beamsMove the hearthDismantleMove into a homeRelocate

Avoid

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

Build a templeMarriageDig a wellPlantingBuild a bridgeBuild a stoveBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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