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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 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

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Lunar 二〇〇九年 · 十月初五

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. Start of Winter

    Sat

    2009-11-07

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2009-11-21

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Sun

    2009-11-22

    In 1 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Mon

    2009-12-07

    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

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

乙亥

十月初五

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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