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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 2021

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 931Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter7Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 108Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 109Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1010Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1011Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1012Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1013Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1014Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1015Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1016Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1017Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1018Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1019Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1020Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1021Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Snow22Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1023Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1024Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1025Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1026Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1027Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1028Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1029Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow7Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 119Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1110Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1111Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, November 20, 2021

Lunar 二〇二一年 · 十月十六

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. Start of Winter

    Sun

    2021-11-07

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2021-11-20

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Mon

    2021-11-22

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Tue

    2021-12-07

    In 17 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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

己亥

十月十六

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingClean the homeAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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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