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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 1978

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TODAY
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Lunar month 929Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 107Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter8Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1010Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1011Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1012Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1013Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1014Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1015Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1016Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1017Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1018Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1019Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1020Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1021Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1022Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Snow23Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1024Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1025Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1026Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1027Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1028Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1029Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, November 20, 1978

Lunar 一九七八年 · 十月二十

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. 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. Start of Winter

    Wed

    1978-11-08

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1978-11-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Thu

    1978-11-23

    In 3 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Thu

    1978-12-07

    In 17 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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

癸亥

十月二十

Day cycle

丙戌

屋上土

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set a bedMake an offeringDig a pondMend wallsFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

Move into a homeRelocateMarriageDig a wellBuild a stoveMove the hearthWelcome a household memberOpen for businessConsecrate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚辰)龙 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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