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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 1939

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 929Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 931Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 97Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter8Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 99Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1011Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1012Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1013Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1014Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1015Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1016Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1017Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1018Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1019Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1020Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1021Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1022Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Snow23Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1024Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1025Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1026Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1027Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1028Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1029Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 107Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow8Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, November 9, 1939

Lunar 一九三九年 · 九月廿八

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. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1939-10-24

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1939-11-09

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Thu

    1939-11-23

    In 14 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Fri

    1939-12-08

    In 29 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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

乙亥

九月廿八

Day cycle

庚戌

钗钏金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringHaircutAcquire propertySeal openingsEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinFuneral preparationBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageMove into a homeSet a bedDig a wellConsecrate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲辰)龙 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

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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