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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 1929

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Lunar month 927Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 928Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 929Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 931Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 101Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 102Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 103Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 104Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 105Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 106Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 107Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter8Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 109Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1010Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1011Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1012Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1013Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1014Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1015Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1016Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1017Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1018Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1019Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1020Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1021Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1022Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Snow23Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1024Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1025Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1026Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1027Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1028Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1029Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1030Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 115Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Snow7Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, November 17, 1929

Lunar 一九二九年 · 十月十七

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

    Fri

    1929-11-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1929-11-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Sat

    1929-11-23

    In 6 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Sat

    1929-12-07

    In 20 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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

乙亥

十月十七

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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