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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 1838

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Lunar month 928Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 929Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 930Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 931Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 91Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 92Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 93Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 94Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 95Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 96Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 97Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Winter8Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 99Day 23SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 910Day 24Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 911Day 25SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 912Day 26NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 913Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 914Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 915Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 916Day 30SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1017Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1018Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1019Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1020Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1021Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1022Day 6NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLesser Snow23Day 7NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1024Day 8SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1025Day 9Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1026Day 10SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1027Day 11NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1028Day 12NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1029Day 13SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1030Day 14Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 101Day 15SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 102Day 16NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 103Day 17NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 104Day 18SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 105Day 19Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 106Day 20SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow7Day 21NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 108Day 22NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, November 18, 1838

Lunar 一八三八年 · 十月初二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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

    Thu

    1838-11-08

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1838-11-18

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Fri

    1838-11-23

    In 5 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Fri

    1838-12-07

    In 19 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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

癸亥

十月初二

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneOffer prayersConsecrateSculpture and paintingPurification riteMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsComing-of-age rite

Avoid

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

Build a houseTreat illness

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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