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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 2003

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TODAY
Sun
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Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 1026Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1027Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1028Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1029Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1031Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 107Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter8Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1010Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1011Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1012Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1013Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1014Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1015Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1016Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1017Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1018Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1019Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1020Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1021Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1022Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Snow23Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1124Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1125Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1126Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1127Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1128Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1129Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1130Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, November 21, 2003

Lunar 二〇〇三年 · 十月廿八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. 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

    Sat

    2003-11-08

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2003-11-21

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Sun

    2003-11-23

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Sun

    2003-12-07

    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

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

癸亥

十月廿八

Day cycle

戊戌

平地木

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set the marriage bedCut garmentsMarriageSet a bedFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialBuild animal shelters

Avoid

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

Acquire propertyBuild a boatConsecrateDig a wellBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬辰)龙 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

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

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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