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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 1973

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Lunar month 1028Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1029Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1030Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1031Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter7Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 108Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 109Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1010Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1011Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1012Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1013Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1014Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1015Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1016Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1017Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1018Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1019Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1020Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1021Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Snow22Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1023Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1024Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1125Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1126Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1127Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow7Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, November 28, 1973

Lunar 一九七三年 · 冬月初四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Thu

    1973-11-22

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1973-11-28

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Fri

    1973-12-07

    In 9 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Sat

    1973-12-22

    In 24 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

癸丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

癸亥

冬月初四

Day cycle

戊辰

大林木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSculpture and paintingConsecrateMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageSet a bedWelcome a household memberFuneral preparationEnd mourning dress

Avoid

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

Open for businessTradeBreak ground for burialBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬戌)狗 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

Favourable

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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