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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 1856

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Lunar month 1227Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring4Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 17Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 18Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 19Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 110Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseRain Water19Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 120Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 11Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 13Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 14Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAwakening of Insects5Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 16Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 27Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 28Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, February 5, 1856

Lunar 一八五五年 · 腊月廿九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Mon

    1856-01-21

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1856-02-05

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Rain Water

    Tue

    1856-02-19

    In 14 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Wed

    1856-03-05

    In 29 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

乙卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

庚寅

腊月廿九

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make vehicles and toolsFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenRelocateTravelOpen for businessMove the hearth

Avoid

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

ConsecrateBuild a houseBreak groundBuild a stovePlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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