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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.

February 1825

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Lunar month 1230Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring4Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1210Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1211Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1212Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1213Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1214Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1215Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1216Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1217Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseRain Water19Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 120Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 11Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 12Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 13Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 14Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 15Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAwakening of Insects6Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 17Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 18Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 19Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 110Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, February 16, 1825

Lunar 一八二四年 · 腊月廿九

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. Start of Spring

    Fri

    1825-02-04

    Passed 12 days
  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1825-02-16

    Since the previous term: 12 days
  3. Rain Water

    Sat

    1825-02-19

    In 3 days
  4. Awakening of Insects

    Sun

    1825-03-06

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

立春 → 雨水

Year cycle

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

戊寅

腊月廿九

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingConsecrateOffer prayersPray for childrenMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsComing-of-age riteDismantleConstruction

Avoid

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

Timber workBuild a stoveBurialFishingMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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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