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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 2158

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Lunar month 929Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter7Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 98Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 913Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 920Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1021Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Snow22Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1023Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1024Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1025Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1026Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1027Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1028Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1029Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1030Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow7Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 108Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, November 8, 2158

Lunar 二一五八年 · 九月十八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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

    Mon

    2158-10-23

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2158-11-08

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Wed

    2158-11-22

    In 14 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Thu

    2158-12-07

    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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

癸亥

九月十八

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringComing-of-age riteCut garmentsTimber workBuild roof beamsSet up a horse frameLay foundation stones

Avoid

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

Build a houseBuild a boatBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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