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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 1863

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Lunar month 91Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 92Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 93Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 94Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 95Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 96Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 97Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Winter8Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 99Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 910Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1011Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1012Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1013Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1014Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1015Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1016Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1017Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1018Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1019Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1020Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1021Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1022Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLesser Snow23Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1024Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1025Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1026Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1027Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1028Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1029Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1030Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 101Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 102Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 103Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 104Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 105Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 106Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingGreater Snow7Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 108Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 109Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1010Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1111Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1112Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, November 21, 1863

Lunar 一八六三年 · 十月十一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Sun

    1863-11-08

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1863-11-21

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Mon

    1863-11-23

    In 2 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Mon

    1863-12-07

    In 16 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

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

癸亥

十月十一

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingMake netsMove a coffinFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dress

Avoid

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

Set a bedOpen for businessTradeDispatch goodsBurialTend a graveMarriageBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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