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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 1949

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Lunar month 930Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 931Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter8Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 912Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 913Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 914Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 915Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1020Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1021Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Snow22Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1023Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1024Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1025Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1026Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1027Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1028Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1029Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow7Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 108Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 109Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1010Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, November 21, 1949

Lunar 一九四九年 · 十月初二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. 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. Start of Winter

    Tue

    1949-11-08

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1949-11-21

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Tue

    1949-11-22

    In 1 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Wed

    1949-12-07

    In 16 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

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

乙亥

十月初二

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalReceive wealthOpen for businessExecute an agreementMake an offeringOffer prayersRelocateMove into a homeTravel

Avoid

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

MarriageBurialDig a wellAcquire propertyBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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