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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 1997

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Lunar month 926Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 927Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1031Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter7Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 108Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 109Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1010Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1011Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1012Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1013Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1014Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1015Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1016Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1017Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1018Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1019Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1020Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1021Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Snow22Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1023Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1024Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1025Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1026Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1027Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1028Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1029Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1130Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, November 21, 1997

Lunar 一九九七年 · 十月廿二

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. 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. Start of Winter

    Fri

    1997-11-07

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1997-11-21

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Sat

    1997-11-22

    In 1 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Sun

    1997-12-07

    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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

辛亥

十月廿二

Day cycle

丁卯

炉中火

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsDismantleConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsSet a bed

Avoid

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

Build a stoveTreat illness

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛酉)鸡 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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