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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 1847

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Lunar month 931Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 91Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter8Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 109Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1010Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1011Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1012Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1013Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1014Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1015Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1016Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1017Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1018Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1019Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1020Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1021Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1022Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Snow23Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1024Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1025Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1026Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1027Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1028Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1029Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1030Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 107Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsGreater Snow8Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1110Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, November 19, 1847

Lunar 一八四七年 · 十月十二

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

    1847-11-08

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1847-11-19

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Tue

    1847-11-23

    In 4 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Wed

    1847-12-08

    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

丁未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

辛亥

十月十二

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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