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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 1850

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Lunar month 1227Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsRain Water19Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 120Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 11Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 12Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 13Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 14Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAwakening of Insects6Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 19Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, February 9, 1850

Lunar 一八四九年 · 腊月廿八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. 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

    Mon

    1850-02-04

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1850-02-09

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Rain Water

    Tue

    1850-02-19

    In 10 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Wed

    1850-03-06

    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

戊寅

腊月廿八

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringPurification riteCut garmentsSet the marriage bedComing-of-age riteMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageMove into a homeSet an altar

Avoid

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

Dig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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