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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.

February 1840

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Lunar month 1226Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1227Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 13Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 14Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring5Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 17Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 18Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 19Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 110Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseRain Water19Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 120Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 11Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 13Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 24Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAwakening of Insects5Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 26Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 27Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, February 16, 1840

Lunar 一八四〇年 · 正月十四

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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

    Wed

    1840-02-05

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1840-02-16

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Rain Water

    Wed

    1840-02-19

    In 3 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Thu

    1840-03-05

    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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

戊寅

正月十四

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Build a stoveLift misfortuneLevel roads

Avoid

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

PlantingTravelOffer prayersFuneral processionReceive livestockBurialInstall doorsTimber workBuild roof beamsAnimal husbandry

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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