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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 1917

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Lunar month 928Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 931Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter8Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 912Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 913Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 914Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1015Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1016Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1017Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1018Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1019Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1020Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1021Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1022Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Snow23Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1024Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1025Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1026Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1027Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1028Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1029Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 107Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow8Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, November 20, 1917

Lunar 一九一七年 · 十月初六

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. Start of Winter

    Thu

    1917-11-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1917-11-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Fri

    1917-11-23

    In 3 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Sat

    1917-12-08

    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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

辛亥

十月初六

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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