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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 1857

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Lunar month 91Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter7Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 98Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 913Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1016Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1017Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1018Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1019Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1020Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1021Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Snow22Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1023Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1024Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1025Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1026Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1027Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1028Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1029Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1030Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow7Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 108Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1010Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1011Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1012Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, November 18, 1857

Lunar 一八五七年 · 十月初三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. 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. Start of Winter

    Sat

    1857-11-07

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1857-11-18

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Sun

    1857-11-22

    In 4 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Mon

    1857-12-07

    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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

辛亥

十月初三

Day cycle

庚戌

钗钏金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringHaircutAcquire propertySeal openingsEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinFuneral preparationBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

MarriageMove into a homeSet a bedDig a wellConsecrate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲辰)龙 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

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

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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