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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 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

Saturday, November 21, 1936

Lunar 一九三六年 · 十月初八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Sat

    1936-11-07

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1936-11-21

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Sun

    1936-11-22

    In 1 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Mon

    1936-12-07

    In 16 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

己亥

十月初八

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalVisit friends and familyMake an offeringOffer prayersConstructionBreak groundInstall machineryBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageRelocateMove the hearthOpen for businessMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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