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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 2216

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Lunar month 927Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter7Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 98Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 99Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 910Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1011Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1012Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1013Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1014Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1015Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1016Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1017Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1018Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1019Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1020Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1021Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Snow22Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1023Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1024Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1025Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1026Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1027Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1028Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1029Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1030Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, November 12, 2216

Lunar 二二一六年 · 十月初二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Thu

    2216-11-07

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2216-11-12

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Fri

    2216-11-22

    In 10 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Sat

    2216-12-07

    In 25 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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

己亥

十月初二

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsDismantleConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsSet a bed

Avoid

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

Build a stoveTreat illnessTimber workBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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