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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 2013

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Lunar month 927Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 928Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 931Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter7Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 108Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 109Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1010Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1011Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1012Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1013Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1014Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1015Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1016Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1017Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1018Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1019Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1020Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1021Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Snow22Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1023Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1024Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1025Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1026Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1027Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1028Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1029Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow7Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, November 4, 2013

Lunar 二〇一三年 · 十月初二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Wed

    2013-10-23

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2013-11-04

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Thu

    2013-11-07

    In 3 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Fri

    2013-11-22

    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

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

壬戌

十月初二

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringMake vehicles and toolsTravelConstructionRaise a roof beamBuild a houseInstall doorsSet a bedBuild animal sheltersTrain livestock

Avoid

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

Dispatch goodsOpen a storehouseBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialFuneral processionTimber workDig a channelPlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

Favourable

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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