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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 1948

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Lunar month 931Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter7Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 108Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1010Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1011Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1012Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1013Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1014Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1015Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1016Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1017Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1018Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1019Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1020Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1021Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Snow22Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1023Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1024Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1025Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1026Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1027Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1028Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1029Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1110Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1111Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, November 29, 1948

Lunar 一九四八年 · 十月廿九

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. Lesser Snow

    Mon

    1948-11-22

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1948-11-29

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Tue

    1948-12-07

    In 8 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Wed

    1948-12-22

    In 23 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

小雪 → 大雪

Year cycle

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

癸亥

十月廿九

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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