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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 1848

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Lunar month 1029Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1030Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1031Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Winter7Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 108Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 109Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1010Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1011Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1012Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1013Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1014Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1015Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1016Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1017Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1018Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1019Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1020Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1021Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLesser Snow22Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1023Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1024Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1025Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1126Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1127Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1128Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1129Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1130Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow7Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, November 29, 1848

Lunar 一八四八年 · 冬月初四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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. Lesser Snow

    Wed

    1848-11-22

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1848-11-29

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Thu

    1848-12-07

    In 8 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Thu

    1848-12-21

    In 22 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

小雪 → 大雪

Year cycle

戊申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

癸亥

冬月初四

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Offer prayersPurification riteTravelMake a pactFormal betrothalFuneral preparationMove a coffinBreak ground for burialBurialErect a memorial

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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