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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

November 1920

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Lunar month 931Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Winter8Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1010Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1011Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1012Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1013Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1014Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1015Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1016Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1017Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1018Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1019Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1020Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1021Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Snow22Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1023Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1024Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1025Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1026Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1027Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1028Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1029Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1030Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow7Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 108Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1110Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1111Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, November 18, 1920

Lunar 一九二〇年 · 十月初九

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    1920-11-08

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1920-11-18

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Mon

    1920-11-22

    In 4 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Tue

    1920-12-07

    In 19 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

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丁亥

十月初九

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateLift misfortuneDismantleConstructionBreak groundSet a bedReceive livestockBurialTomb-opening riteFuneral preparation

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessMove the hearthPlantingBreak ground for burialMove into a homeRelocateSet an altarSeparate householdsDig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

Favourable

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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