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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 1981

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Lunar month 101Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter7Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 108Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 109Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1010Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1011Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1012Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1013Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1014Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1015Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1016Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1017Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1018Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1019Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1020Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1021Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Snow22Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1023Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1024Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1025Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1126Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1127Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow7Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 119Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1110Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1111Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1112Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, November 16, 1981

Lunar 一九八一年 · 十月二十

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. Start of Winter

    Sat

    1981-11-07

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1981-11-16

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Sun

    1981-11-22

    In 6 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Mon

    1981-12-07

    In 21 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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

己亥

十月二十

Day cycle

戊戌

平地木

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set the marriage bedCut garmentsMarriageSet a bedFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialBuild animal shelters

Avoid

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

Acquire propertyBuild a boatConsecrateDig a wellBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬辰)龙 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

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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