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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 1985

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Lunar month 927Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 928Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 929Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 930Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 931Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 91Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter7Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 98Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 99Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 910Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 911Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1012Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1013Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1014Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1015Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1016Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1017Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1018Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1019Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1020Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1021Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Snow22Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1023Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1024Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1025Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1026Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1027Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1028Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1029Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1030Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 101Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 102Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 103Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 104Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 105Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 106Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Snow7Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, November 15, 1985

Lunar 一九八五年 · 十月初四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Thu

    1985-11-07

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1985-11-15

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Fri

    1985-11-22

    In 7 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Sat

    1985-12-07

    In 22 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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丁亥

十月初四

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringComing-of-age riteCut garmentsTimber workBuild roof beamsSet up a horse frameLay foundation stones

Avoid

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

Build a houseBuild a boatBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

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

Avoid

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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