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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 1952

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Lunar month 926Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter7Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 98Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 913Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1017Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1018Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1019Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1020Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1021Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Snow22Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1023Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1024Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1025Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1026Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1027Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1028Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1029Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1030Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, November 4, 1952

Lunar 一九五二年 · 九月十七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1952-10-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1952-11-04

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Fri

    1952-11-07

    In 3 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Sat

    1952-11-22

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

霜降 → 立冬

Year cycle

壬辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

庚戌

九月十七

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Funeral preparationBreak ground for burialBurialTomb-opening riteEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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