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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 2020

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Lunar month 91Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter7Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 98Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 99Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 911Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 912Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 913Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 914Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1015Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1016Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1017Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1018Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1019Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1020Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1021Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Snow22Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1023Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1024Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1025Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1026Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1027Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1028Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1029Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 108Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1010Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1011Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1012Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, November 5, 2020

Lunar 二〇二〇年 · 九月二十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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

    Fri

    2020-10-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2020-11-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Sat

    2020-11-07

    In 2 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Sun

    2020-11-22

    In 17 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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丙戌

九月二十

Day cycle

壬子

桑柘木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessTradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthVisit friends and familyConsecrateHaircutFuneral preparationMove a coffinBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageBuild a stoveMove the hearthTravelMove into a homeRelocateSet a bedOffer prayersRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙午)马 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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