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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 2008

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TODAY
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Lunar month 926Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1029Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1030Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1031Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter7Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 108Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1010Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1011Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1012Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1013Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1014Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1015Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1016Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1017Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1018Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1019Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1020Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1021Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Snow22Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1023Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1024Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1025Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1026Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1027Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1128Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Lunar 二〇〇八年 · 十月初七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Thu

    2008-10-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2008-11-04

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Fri

    2008-11-07

    In 3 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Sat

    2008-11-22

    In 18 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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

壬戌

十月初七

Day cycle

戊申

大驿土

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateOpen for businessTravelLift misfortuneBreak groundLay foundationsAcquire property

Avoid

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

MarriageBuild a stoveTend a graveInstall doorsMove into a homeErect a memorialBurialSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬寅)虎 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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