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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 1909

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Lunar month 931Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter8Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 912Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1013Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1014Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1015Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1016Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1017Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1018Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1019Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1020Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1021Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1022Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Snow23Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1024Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1025Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1026Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1027Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1028Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1029Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 107Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow8Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 109Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1010Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1011Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, November 20, 1909

Lunar 一九〇九年 · 十月初八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Mon

    1909-11-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1909-11-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Tue

    1909-11-23

    In 3 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Wed

    1909-12-08

    In 18 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

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

乙亥

十月初八

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingMake netsMove a coffinFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dress

Avoid

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

Set a bedOpen for businessTradeDispatch goodsBurialTend a graveMarriageBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

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

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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