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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 1883

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Lunar month 928Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1031Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 107Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter8Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1010Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1011Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1012Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1013Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1014Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1015Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1016Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1017Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1018Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1019Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1020Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1021Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Snow22Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1023Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1024Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1025Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1026Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1027Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1028Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1029Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1130Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteGreater Snow7Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, November 8, 1883

Lunar 一八八三年 · 十月初九

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. 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. Frost Descent

    Wed

    1883-10-24

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1883-11-08

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Thu

    1883-11-22

    In 14 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Fri

    1883-12-07

    In 29 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 立冬

Year cycle

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

癸亥

十月初九

Day cycle

丙辰

沙中土

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersSculpture and paintingConsecrateRelocateSet a bedTimber work

Avoid

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

Open for businessBuild a templeBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚戌)狗 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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