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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

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

November 2213

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Lunar month 931Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 97Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Winter8Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1013Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1014Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1015Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1016Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1017Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1018Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1019Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1020Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1021Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Snow22Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1023Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1024Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1025Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1026Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1027Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1028Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1029Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1030Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow7Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 108Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1010Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1011Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, November 20, 2213

Lunar 二二一三年 · 十月初八

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. Start of Winter

    Mon

    2213-11-08

    Passed 12 days
  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2213-11-20

    Since the previous term: 12 days
  3. Lesser Snow

    Mon

    2213-11-22

    In 2 days
  4. Greater Snow

    Tue

    2213-12-07

    In 17 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

癸丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

癸亥

十月初八

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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