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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 2173

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Lunar month 931Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Winter7Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 108Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 109Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1010Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1011Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1012Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1013Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1014Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1015Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1016Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1017Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1018Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1019Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1020Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1021Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Snow22Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1023Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1024Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1025Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1026Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1027Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1028Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1029Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1030Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow7Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, November 5, 2173

Lunar 二一七三年 · 十月初一

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. Frost Descent

    Sat

    2173-10-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2173-11-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Sun

    2173-11-07

    In 2 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Mon

    2173-11-22

    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

癸酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

壬戌

十月初一

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringMake vehicles and toolsTravelConstructionRaise a roof beamBuild a houseInstall doorsSet a bedBuild animal sheltersTrain livestock

Avoid

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

Dispatch goodsOpen a storehouseBreak groundBreak ground for burialBurialFuneral processionTimber workDig a channelPlanting

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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