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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

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Lunar 二〇一三年 · 十月初四

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. Frost Descent

    Wed

    2013-10-23

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2013-11-06

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Thu

    2013-11-07

    In 1 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Fri

    2013-11-22

    In 16 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

十月初四

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementVisit friends and familyReceive livestockAnimal husbandryExchange family namesRelocate

Avoid

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

Move into a homeRaise a roof beamPurification riteMove the hearthThanksgiving rite

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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