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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 1956

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TODAY
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Lunar month 928Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 931Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter7Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 108Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1010Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1011Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1012Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1013Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1014Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1015Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1016Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1017Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1018Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1019Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1020Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1021Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Snow22Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1023Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1024Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1025Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1026Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1027Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1028Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1029Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, November 8, 1956

Lunar 一九五六年 · 十月初六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. 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. Frost Descent

    Tue

    1956-10-23

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1956-11-08

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Thu

    1956-11-22

    In 14 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Fri

    1956-12-07

    In 29 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

己亥

十月初六

Day cycle

己卯

城头土

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneMove the hearthDismantleWelcome a household member

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

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸酉)鸡 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

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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