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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 1974

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
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Lunar month 927Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 928Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 929Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 930Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 931Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter8Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 910Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 911Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 912Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 913Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1014Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1015Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1016Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1017Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1018Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1019Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1020Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1021Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1022Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Snow23Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1024Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1025Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1026Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1027Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1028Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1029Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1030Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow7Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, November 5, 1974

Lunar 一九七四年 · 九月廿二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. 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. Frost Descent

    Thu

    1974-10-24

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1974-11-05

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Fri

    1974-11-08

    In 3 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Sat

    1974-11-23

    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

甲寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

甲戌

九月廿二

Day cycle

庚戌

钗钏金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelCut garmentsComing-of-age riteVisit friends and familyBuild animal sheltersMarriageRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamRelocate

Avoid

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

Break groundTimber workBuild roof beamsFuneral processionBurialPrepare a burial plot

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲辰)龙 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

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

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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