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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

November 2102

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Lunar month 929Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Winter8Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1011Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1012Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1013Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1014Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1015Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1016Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1017Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1018Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1019Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1020Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1021Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1022Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Snow23Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1024Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1025Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1026Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1027Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1028Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1029Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1030Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow7Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 108Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, November 18, 2102

Lunar 二一〇二年 · 十月初八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Wed

    2102-11-08

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2102-11-18

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Thu

    2102-11-23

    In 5 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Thu

    2102-12-07

    In 19 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

壬戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

辛亥

十月初八

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Offer prayersPurification riteTravelMake a pactFormal betrothalFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialBurialErect a memorial

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

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

Favourable

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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