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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 1849

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Lunar month 128Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 130Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 131Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 11Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 12Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 13Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring4Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 15Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 17Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 18Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 19Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 110Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseRain Water19Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 120Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 223Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 224Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 225Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 226Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 227Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 228Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 21Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 24Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAwakening of Insects5Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 210Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, February 8, 1849

Lunar 一八四九年 · 正月十六

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Sun

    1849-02-04

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1849-02-08

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Rain Water

    Mon

    1849-02-19

    In 11 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Mon

    1849-03-05

    In 25 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

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丙寅

正月十六

Day cycle

乙酉

泉中水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringComing-of-age riteMarriageDismantleConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsRaise a roof beamBuild a houseMove into a home

Avoid

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

Set a bedPlantingTreat illnessBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己卯)兔 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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