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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 1950

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Lunar month 929Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 931Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter8Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1010Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1011Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1012Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1013Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1014Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1015Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1016Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1017Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1018Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1019Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1020Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1021Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1022Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Snow23Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1024Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1025Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1026Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1027Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1028Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1029Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1030Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 107Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow8Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, November 8, 1950

Lunar 一九五〇年 · 九月廿九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    1950-10-24

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1950-11-08

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Thu

    1950-11-23

    In 15 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Fri

    1950-12-08

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 立冬

Year cycle

庚寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

丁亥

九月廿九

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalVisit friends and familyMake an offeringOffer prayersConstructionBreak groundInstall machineryBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageRelocateMove the hearthOpen for businessMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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