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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 1936

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TODAY
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Lunar month 91Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter7Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 98Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 913Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1014Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1015Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1016Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1017Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1018Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1019Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1020Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1021Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Snow22Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1023Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1024Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1025Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1026Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1027Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1028Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1029Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1030Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow7Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 108Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1010Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1011Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1012Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, November 4, 1936

Lunar 一九三六年 · 九月廿一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. 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. Frost Descent

    Fri

    1936-10-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1936-11-04

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Sat

    1936-11-07

    In 3 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Sun

    1936-11-22

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

霜降 → 立冬

Year cycle

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

戊戌

九月廿一

Day cycle

庚寅

松柏木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

CaptureMake netsFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBreak ground for burialBurialTomb-opening riteErect a memorial

Avoid

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

MarriageMake an offeringMove into a homeBuild a houseRelocate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲申)猴 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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