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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 2185

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Lunar month 1030Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1031Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter7Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 108Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1010Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1011Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1012Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1013Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1014Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1015Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1016Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1017Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1018Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1019Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1020Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1021Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Snow22Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1123Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1124Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1125Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1126Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1127Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1128Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1129Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1110Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, November 8, 2185

Lunar 二一八五年 · 十月十七

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. 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

    Sun

    2185-10-23

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2185-11-08

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Tue

    2185-11-22

    In 14 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Wed

    2185-12-07

    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

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丁亥

十月十七

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateLift misfortuneDismantleConstructionBreak groundSet a bedReceive livestockBurialTomb-opening riteFuneral preparation

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessMove the hearthPlantingBreak ground for burialMove into a homeRelocateSet an altarSeparate householdsDig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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