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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 2012

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Lunar month 928Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 929Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 931Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter7Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 98Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 99Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 911Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 912Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 913Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1014Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1015Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1016Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1017Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1018Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1019Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1020Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1021Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Snow22Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1023Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1024Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1025Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1026Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1027Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1028Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1029Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 108Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Lunar 二〇一二年 · 九月廿八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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

    Wed

    2012-11-07

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2012-11-11

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Thu

    2012-11-22

    In 11 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Fri

    2012-12-07

    In 26 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

壬辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

辛亥

九月廿八

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteSculpture and paintingConsecrateMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsComing-of-age riteMarriage

Avoid

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

Open for business

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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