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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 1842

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Lunar month 1230Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 110Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsRain Water19Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 120Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 11Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 12Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 13Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 14Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAwakening of Insects6Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 19Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 110Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 212Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, February 2, 1842

Lunar 一八四一年 · 腊月廿三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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. Greater Cold

    Thu

    1842-01-20

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1842-02-02

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Fri

    1842-02-04

    In 2 days

  4. Rain Water

    Sat

    1842-02-19

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

大寒 → 立春

Year cycle

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

辛丑

腊月廿三

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecrateLift misfortuneMove the hearthDismantleConstructionWelcome a household memberMove into a homeRelocateSet a bed

Avoid

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

Build a stoveBurialMake an offeringOpen for businessFormal betrothalMake a pactReceive livestockThanksgiving riteTravelVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

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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