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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 1865

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TODAY
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Lunar month 929Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter7Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 98Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 913Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1018Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1019Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1020Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1021Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Snow22Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1023Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1024Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1025Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1026Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1027Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1028Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1029Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1030Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingGreater Snow7Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 108Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 109Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, November 1, 1865

Lunar 一八六五年 · 九月十三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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. Frost Descent

    Mon

    1865-10-23

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1865-11-01

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Start of Winter

    Tue

    1865-11-07

    In 6 days

  4. Lesser Snow

    Wed

    1865-11-22

    In 21 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

霜降 → 立冬

Year cycle

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丙戌

九月十三

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateTravelLift misfortuneTimber workBuild roof beamsMove the hearthDismantleMove into a homeRelocate

Avoid

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

Build a templeMarriageDig a wellPlantingBuild a bridgeBuild a stoveBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

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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