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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 2004

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 931Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter7Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 98Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 99Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 911Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1012Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1013Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1014Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1015Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1016Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1017Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1018Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1019Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1020Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1021Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Snow22Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1023Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1024Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1025Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1026Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1027Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1028Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1029Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 108Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1010Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1011Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, November 16, 2004

Lunar 二〇〇四年 · 十月初五

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. Start of Winter

    Sun

    2004-11-07

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2004-11-16

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Mon

    2004-11-22

    In 6 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Tue

    2004-12-07

    In 21 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

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

乙亥

十月初五

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Lift misfortuneRepair wallsComing-of-age riteTravelAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundBreak ground for burialMarriageBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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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