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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 1953

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TODAY
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 91Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 107Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter8Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 109Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1010Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1011Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1012Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1013Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1014Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1015Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1016Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1017Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1018Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1019Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1020Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1021Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Snow22Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1023Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1024Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1025Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1026Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1027Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1028Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1029Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1030Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 101Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 102Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 103Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 104Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 105Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Snow7Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1110Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1111Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1112Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, November 16, 1953

Lunar 一九五三年 · 十月初十

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for thoughtful travel and deep study. 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. Start of Winter

    Sun

    1953-11-08

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1953-11-16

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Sun

    1953-11-22

    In 6 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Mon

    1953-12-07

    In 21 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

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

癸亥

十月初十

Day cycle

辛未

路旁土

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsSet the marriage bedComing-of-age riteInstall machinerySet a bedBuild animal shelters

Avoid

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

MarriageMove into a homeTreat illnessTake office

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙丑)牛 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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