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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 1970

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Lunar month 101Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 107Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter8Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1010Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1011Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1012Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1013Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1014Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1015Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1016Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1017Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1018Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1019Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1020Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1021Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1022Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Snow23Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1024Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1025Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1026Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1027Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1028Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1110Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1111Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1112Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, November 16, 1970

Lunar 一九七〇年 · 十月十八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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. Start of Winter

    Sun

    1970-11-08

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1970-11-16

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Mon

    1970-11-23

    In 7 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Mon

    1970-12-07

    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

庚戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

丁亥

十月十八

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneWelcome a household member

Avoid

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

Build a stoveMeridian therapySet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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