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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 1938

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Lunar month 930Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 97Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter8Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 99Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 911Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 912Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 913Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 914Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 915Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 916Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 917Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 918Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 919Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 920Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 921Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1022Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Snow23Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1024Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1025Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1026Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1027Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1028Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1029Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1030Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 107Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Snow8Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1010Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, November 7, 1938

Lunar 一九三八年 · 九月十六

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Mon

    1938-10-24

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1938-11-07

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Tue

    1938-11-08

    In 1 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Wed

    1938-11-23

    In 16 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

壬戌

九月十六

Day cycle

癸卯

金箔金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalTravelMake an offeringOffer prayersBreak groundRelocateMove into a homeBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

Open for businessTake office

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁酉)鸡 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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