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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 1914

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Lunar month 91Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 97Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter8Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 99Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 912Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 913Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 914Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 915Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 916Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1017Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1018Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1019Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1020Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1021Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1022Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Snow23Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1024Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1025Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1026Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1027Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1028Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1029Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1030Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 107Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Snow8Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1010Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1011Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1012Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, November 16, 1914

Lunar 一九一四年 · 九月廿九

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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. Start of Winter

    Sun

    1914-11-08

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1914-11-16

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Mon

    1914-11-23

    In 7 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Tue

    1914-12-08

    In 22 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

甲寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

乙亥

九月廿九

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringClean the homeBreak ground for burialBurialEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressTomb-opening riteMove a coffinFuneral preparationErect a memorial

Avoid

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

MarriageMove into a homeConstructionBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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