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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 2018

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Lunar month 928Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter7Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 108Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1010Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1011Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1012Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1013Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1014Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1015Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1016Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1017Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1018Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1019Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1020Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1021Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Snow22Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1023Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1024Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1025Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1026Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1027Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1028Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1029Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1030Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Lunar 二〇一八年 · 九月廿九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Tue

    2018-10-23

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2018-11-06

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Wed

    2018-11-07

    In 1 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Thu

    2018-11-22

    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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

壬戌

九月廿九

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Funeral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBreak ground for burialTomb-opening riteBurial

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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