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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

Saturday, November 25, 1916

Lunar 一九一六年 · 冬月初一

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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. Lesser Snow

    Wed

    1916-11-22

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1916-11-25

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Thu

    1916-12-07

    In 12 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Fri

    1916-12-22

    In 27 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

小雪 → 大雪

Year cycle

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

己亥

冬月初一

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsDismantleConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsSet a bed

Avoid

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

Build a stoveTreat illnessTimber workBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

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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