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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 1874

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Lunar month 91Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 92Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 93Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 94Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 95Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 96Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter7Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 98Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 109Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1010Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1011Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1012Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1013Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1014Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1015Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1016Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1017Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1018Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1019Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1020Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1021Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLesser Snow22Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1023Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1024Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1025Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1026Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1027Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1028Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1029Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1030Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 101Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 102Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 103Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 104Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 105Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 106Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationGreater Snow7Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 108Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1110Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1111Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1112Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, November 9, 1874

Lunar 一八七四年 · 十月初一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    1874-11-07

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1874-11-09

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Sun

    1874-11-22

    In 13 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Mon

    1874-12-07

    In 28 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

甲戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

乙亥

十月初一

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneOffer prayersConsecrateSculpture and paintingPurification riteMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsComing-of-age rite

Avoid

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

Build a houseTreat illness

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

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

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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