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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 1916

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Lunar month 1029Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1031Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 107Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter8Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1010Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1011Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1012Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1013Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1014Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1015Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1016Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1017Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1018Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1019Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1020Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1021Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Snow22Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1023Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1024Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1125Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1126Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, November 20, 1916

Lunar 一九一六年 · 十月廿五

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Wed

    1916-11-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1916-11-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Wed

    1916-11-22

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Thu

    1916-12-07

    In 17 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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

己亥

十月廿五

Day cycle

辛酉

石榴木

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteBathingComing-of-age riteTravelHaircutDismantleLift misfortune

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeInstall doorsBuild roof beamsBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙卯)兔 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

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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