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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
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
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

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Lunar 二〇〇八年 · 十月廿九

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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. Lesser Snow

    Sat

    2008-11-22

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2008-11-26

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Sun

    2008-12-07

    In 11 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Sun

    2008-12-21

    In 25 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

小雪 → 大雪

Year cycle

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

癸亥

十月廿九

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneOffer prayersConsecrateSculpture and paintingPurification riteMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsComing-of-age rite

Avoid

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

Build a houseTreat illness

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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