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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 1853

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Lunar month 1230Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring4Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 19Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 110Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 117Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingRain Water19Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 120Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 14Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects5Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 19Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 210Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 211Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 212Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, February 7, 1853

Lunar 一八五二年 · 腊月三十

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

    Fri

    1853-02-04

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1853-02-07

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Rain Water

    Sat

    1853-02-19

    In 12 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Sat

    1853-03-05

    In 26 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

壬子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

甲寅

腊月三十

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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