DestiniDaily Insight

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 1987

Select a date to view its almanac.

TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 91Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 97Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter8Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 99Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 911Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 912Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 913Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 914Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 915Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 916Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 917Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 918Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 919Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 920Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1021Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1022Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Snow23Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1024Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1025Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1026Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1027Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1028Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1029Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 108Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1010Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1011Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1012Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, November 8, 1987

Lunar 一九八七年 · 九月十七

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Sat

    1987-10-24

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1987-11-08

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Mon

    1987-11-23

    In 15 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Mon

    1987-12-07

    In 29 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 立冬

Year cycle

丁卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

辛亥

九月十七

Day cycle

辛酉

石榴木

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteBathingComing-of-age riteTravelHaircutDismantleLift misfortune

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeInstall doorsBuild roof beamsBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙卯)兔 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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.

BACK TO HOME