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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

Wednesday, November 16, 1836

Lunar 一八三六年 · 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

    1836-11-07

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1836-11-16

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Tue

    1836-11-22

    In 6 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Wed

    1836-12-07

    In 21 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

己亥

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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