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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 1971

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Lunar month 931Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 97Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter8Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 99Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 911Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 912Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 913Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 914Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 915Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 916Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 917Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1018Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1019Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1020Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1021Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1022Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Snow23Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1024Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1025Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1026Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1027Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1028Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1029Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 107Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow8Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1010Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1011Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, November 5, 1971

Lunar 一九七一年 · 九月十八

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. Frost Descent

    Sun

    1971-10-24

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1971-11-05

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Mon

    1971-11-08

    In 3 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Tue

    1971-11-23

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

霜降 → 立冬

Year cycle

辛亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

戊戌

九月十八

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateOffer prayersPurification riteTravelMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsMarriage

Avoid

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

Open a storehouseComing-of-age riteTimber workBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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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