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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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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

Friday, November 17, 1939

Lunar 一九三九年 · 十月初七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Wed

    1939-11-08

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1939-11-17

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Thu

    1939-11-23

    In 6 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Fri

    1939-12-08

    In 21 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

十月初七

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringComing-of-age riteCut garmentsTimber workBuild roof beamsSet up a horse frameLay foundation stones

Avoid

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

Build a houseBuild a boatBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

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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