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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 2186

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Lunar month 929Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 930Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 931Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 91Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 92Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 93Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 94Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 95Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 96Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter7Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 98Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 99Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 910Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1011Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1012Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1013Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1014Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1015Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1016Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1017Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1018Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1019Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1020Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1021Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Snow22Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1023Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1024Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1025Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1026Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1027Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1028Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1029Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1030Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 101Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 102Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 103Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 104Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 105Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 106Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseGreater Snow7Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 108Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 109Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, November 5, 2186

Lunar 二一八六年 · 九月廿四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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

    2186-10-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2186-11-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Tue

    2186-11-07

    In 2 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Wed

    2186-11-22

    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

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

戊戌

九月廿四

Day cycle

壬午

杨柳木

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make vehicles and toolsMarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalVisit friends and familyMake an offeringTravelOpen for businessExecute an agreementRelocate

Avoid

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

Raise a roof beamConsecrateBuild a houseSet up a horse framePrepare a coffin

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙子)鼠 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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