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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

November 2009

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Lunar month 91Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter7Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 98Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 99Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 910Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 911Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 912Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 913Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 914Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 915Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 916Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1017Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1018Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1019Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1020Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1021Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Snow22Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1023Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1024Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1025Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1026Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1027Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1028Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1029Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1030Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 101Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 102Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 103Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 104Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 105Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 106Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Snow7Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 108Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 109Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1010Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1011Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1012Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Lunar 二〇〇九年 · 九月十九

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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

    Fri

    2009-10-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2009-11-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Sat

    2009-11-07

    In 2 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Sun

    2009-11-22

    In 17 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

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

甲戌

九月十九

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Funeral preparationBreak ground for burialBurialTomb-opening riteEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

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

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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