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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 1996

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TODAY
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 927Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 928Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 931Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter7Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 98Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 99Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1011Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1012Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1013Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1014Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1015Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1016Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1017Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1018Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1019Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1020Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1021Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Snow22Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1023Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1024Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1025Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1026Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1027Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1028Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1029Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, November 21, 1996

Lunar 一九九六年 · 十月十一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. 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

    Thu

    1996-11-07

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1996-11-21

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Fri

    1996-11-22

    In 1 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Sat

    1996-12-07

    In 16 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

己亥

十月十一

Day cycle

壬戌

大海水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteSet a bedFormal betrothalVisit friends and familySeal openingsCaptureAcquire propertyBuild animal shelters

Avoid

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

ConsecrateDig a wellBurialThanksgiving riteTend a grave

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙辰)龙 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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