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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 1836

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Lunar month 930Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 92Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 93Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 94Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 95Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 96Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Winter7Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 98Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1010Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1011Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1012Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1013Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1014Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1015Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1016Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1017Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1018Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1019Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1020Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1021Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Snow22Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1023Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1024Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1025Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1026Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1027Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1028Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1029Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1030Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1110Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, November 5, 1836

Lunar 一八三六年 · 九月廿七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    1836-10-23

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1836-11-05

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Mon

    1836-11-07

    In 2 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Tue

    1836-11-22

    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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

戊戌

九月廿七

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringSeal openingsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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