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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

November 1986

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TODAY
Sun
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Tue
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Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 926Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 927Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 928Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 929Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 930Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 931Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 91Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 102Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 103Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 104Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 105Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 106Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 107Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Winter8Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 109Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1010Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1011Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1012Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1013Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1014Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1015Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1016Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1017Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1018Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1019Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1020Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1021Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLesser Snow22Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1023Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1024Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1025Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1026Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1027Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1028Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1029Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1030Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 101Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, November 19, 1986

Lunar 一九八六年 · 十月十八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    1986-11-08

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1986-11-19

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Lesser Snow

    Sat

    1986-11-22

    In 3 days

  4. Greater Snow

    Sun

    1986-12-07

    In 18 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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

己亥

十月十八

Day cycle

丁卯

炉中火

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsDismantleConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsSet a bed

Avoid

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

Build a stoveTreat illness

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛酉)鸡 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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