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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 1873

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TODAY
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Lunar month 926Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 927Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 928Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 929Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 930Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 931Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 91Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 92Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 93Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 94Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 95Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 96Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Winter7Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 98Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 99Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 910Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 911Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 912Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 913Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 914Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 915Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 916Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 917Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 918Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 919Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1020Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1021Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLesser Snow22Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1023Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1024Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1025Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1026Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1027Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1028Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1029Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1030Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 101Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 102Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 103Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 104Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 105Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 106Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, November 16, 1873

Lunar 一八七三年 · 九月廿七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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

    Fri

    1873-11-07

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1873-11-16

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Sat

    1873-11-22

    In 6 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Sun

    1873-12-07

    In 21 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

癸酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

癸亥

九月廿七

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingClean the homeAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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