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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 1979

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 928Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 931Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 97Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter8Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 99Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 911Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 912Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 913Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 914Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 915Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 916Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 917Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 918Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1020Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1021Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1022Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Snow23Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1024Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1025Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1026Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1027Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1028Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1029Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 107Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow8Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, November 4, 1979

Lunar 一九七九年 · 九月十五

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Wed

    1979-10-24

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1979-11-04

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Thu

    1979-11-08

    In 4 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Fri

    1979-11-23

    In 19 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

己未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

甲戌

九月十五

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneTimber workBuild roof beamsMove the hearthDismantleMove into a homeRelocate

Avoid

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

Build a templeMarriageDig a wellPlantingBuild a bridgeBuild a stoveBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

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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