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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 1852

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Lunar month 121Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring4Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1212Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1217Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1218Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingRain Water19Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 120Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 14Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAwakening of Insects5Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 110Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, February 1, 1852

Lunar 一八五一年 · 腊月十二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. Greater Cold

    Wed

    1852-01-21

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1852-02-01

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Wed

    1852-02-04

    In 3 days

  4. Rain Water

    Thu

    1852-02-19

    In 18 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

辛亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

辛丑

腊月十二

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringConsecrateTimber workMove the hearthDismantleMove into a homeRelocateConstructionBreak ground

Avoid

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

Open for businessFuneral processionPlantingTravelDispatch goodsBurialAcquire propertyLitigationTreat illness

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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