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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 1989

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TODAY
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Lunar month 1029Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1030Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1031Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter7Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 108Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 109Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1010Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1011Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1012Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1013Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1014Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1015Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1016Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1017Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1018Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1019Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1020Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1021Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Snow22Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1023Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1024Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1025Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1026Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1027Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1128Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1129Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow7Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 119Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, November 5, 1989

Lunar 一九八九年 · 十月初八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Mon

    1989-10-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1989-11-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Tue

    1989-11-07

    In 2 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Wed

    1989-11-22

    In 17 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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

甲戌

十月初八

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringPray for childrenComing-of-age riteWelcome a household memberVisit friends and familyInstall doorsSet a bedMeridian therapyReceive wealthAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

Offer prayersPurification riteFormal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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