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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 2017

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

Sunday, November 26, 2017

Lunar 二〇一七年 · 十月初九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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. Lesser Snow

    Wed

    2017-11-22

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2017-11-26

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Greater Snow

    Thu

    2017-12-07

    In 11 days

  4. Winter Solstice

    Fri

    2017-12-22

    In 26 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

小雪 → 大雪

Year cycle

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

辛亥

十月初九

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsMake an offeringAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

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

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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