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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 1961

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Lunar month 929Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 931Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter7Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 108Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 109Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1010Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1011Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1012Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1013Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1014Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1015Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1016Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1017Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1018Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1019Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1020Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1021Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Snow22Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1023Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1024Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1025Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1026Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1027Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1028Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1029Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1030Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 101Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 102Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 103Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 104Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 105Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 106Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Snow7Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, November 27, 1961

Lunar 一九六一年 · 十月二十

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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. Lesser Snow

    Wed

    1961-11-22

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1961-11-27

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Thu

    1961-12-07

    In 10 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Fri

    1961-12-22

    In 25 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

小雪 → 大雪

Year cycle

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

己亥

十月二十

Day cycle

甲子

海中金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringVisit friends and familyMarriageBathingConstructionBreak groundOffer prayersConsecrateSculpture and paintingTravel

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBuild a stoveSet a bedOpen a storehouse

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊午)马 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

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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