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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 1957

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Lunar month 927Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 931Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter8Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 912Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 913Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 914Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 915Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 917Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 918Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 919Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 920Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 921Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Snow22Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1023Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1024Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1025Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1026Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1027Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1028Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1029Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow7Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, November 8, 1957

Lunar 一九五七年 · 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

    1957-10-24

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1957-11-08

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Fri

    1957-11-22

    In 14 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Sat

    1957-12-07

    In 29 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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

辛亥

九月十七

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingMake netsMove a coffinFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dress

Avoid

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

Set a bedOpen for businessTradeDispatch goodsBurialTend a graveMarriageBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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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