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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 1940

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Lunar month 927Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1031Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter7Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 108Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1010Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1011Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1012Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1013Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1014Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1015Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1016Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1017Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1018Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1019Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1020Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1021Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Snow22Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1023Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1024Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1025Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1026Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1027Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1028Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, November 19, 1940

Lunar 一九四〇年 · 十月二十

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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. Start of Winter

    Thu

    1940-11-07

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1940-11-19

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Fri

    1940-11-22

    In 3 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Sat

    1940-12-07

    In 18 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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

丁亥

十月二十

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsDismantleConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsSet a bed

Avoid

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

Build a stoveTreat illnessTimber workBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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