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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 2016

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Lunar month 930Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1031Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter7Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 108Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1010Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1011Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1012Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1013Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1014Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1015Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1016Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1017Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1018Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1019Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1020Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1021Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Snow22Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1023Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1024Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1025Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1026Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1027Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1028Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1129Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1130Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow7Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 119Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1110Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Lunar 二〇一六年 · 十月初九

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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

    Sun

    2016-10-23

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2016-11-08

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Tue

    2016-11-22

    In 14 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Wed

    2016-12-07

    In 29 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

己亥

十月初九

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersCarvingRelocateOpen for businessMove into a homeTravel

Avoid

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

Raise a roof beamOpen a storehouseDispatch goodsBuild a houseBuild a boat

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

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

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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