Lunar day 11
The lunar day turns at moonrise, not midnight, so day 11 rarely lines up with a calendar date — most dates hold two different readings. Everything below is traditional material, quoted as it was received.
Favoured on lunar day 11
- Colour my hair
- The tradition counts this among the best days for colouring hair.
- Cut my hair
- This day is seen as great for haircuts, said to increase your energy.
- Nails
- The tradition sees the eleventh lunar day as rewarding for manicures and pedicures.
- Travel
- The tradition regards this as a very favourable day for journeys, both long trips and short spontaneous getaways.
- Clear things out
- The 11th lunar day is considered especially beneficial for letting go of unused items.
- A beauty treatment
- Facial care and masks are considered favourable on this day.
- Pay attention to dreams
- The tradition holds that dreams today mirror your life situation and are worth attending to.
- Plant or sow
- The tradition favours planting on this day, above all crops with edible above-ground parts.
- Make something
- The tradition favours careful, detailed making today — refining and perfecting existing pieces.
- Start learning something
- The tradition sees learning as flowing easily on this day, so beginning even a demanding topic is well supported.
- Prune or cut back
- Pruning is favoured on this day, with the exception of fruit trees.
- Negotiate or ask for a raise
- The tradition supports meetings and making agreements today, though it sets trade deals aside.
- Time with family
- The tradition encourages devoting attention to loved ones on this day.
- Sign a contract
- The tradition encourages making agreements with partners today, though it asks that trade deals specifically be held back.
- Intimacy with a partner
- Attentiveness toward a loved one is said to be received with gratitude today, warming the bond.
- Get married
- Tradition sees this as a day of attentive giving and gratitude among loved ones, in keeping with a wedding's exchange of gifts and vows.
- Look for work
- An active day for arranging meetings and reaching agreements, which the tradition counts in favour of pursuing work.
- Start something new
- Following earlier preparation, the tradition sees this as an active day when plans already begun can be pushed forward successfully.
- Exercise or train
- The tradition allows only moderate, careful movement today, cautioning against pushing for personal bests.
- Study or sit an exam
- Study is said to flow easily, but the tradition advises rescheduling exams if possible.
Discouraged on lunar day 11
- Move or renovate
- The tradition warns that renovations or drastic changes to the living space disturb the home's energy today.
- Make a big purchase
- Only small and medium transactions are favoured on this day, while trade deals — and so larger purchases — are said to be postponed.
- Fix or repair something
- The tradition confines the 11th lunar day to light tasks and warns that larger fixing or remodelling disturbs the home's energy.
- Deep clean
- The tradition limits this day to light, simple chores, so an intensive clean is better left for another time.
How much weight to give this
This is inherited material, not a finding. When we checked these readings against the tradition's own named authorities, they contradicted each other on all 29 lunar days — the same day called auspicious by one source and ruinous by another. We publish what the corpus says and label it, rather than choosing the most confident version and calling it settled.
What is exact is the astronomy: when day 11 begins and ends where you are, down to the minute.