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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 1857

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Lunar month 11Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 12Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 13Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring4Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 15Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 17Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 18Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 19Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 110Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsRain Water18Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 120Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 224Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 225Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 226Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 227Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 228Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 21Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 24Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAwakening of Insects5Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 210Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 211Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 212Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 213Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 214Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, February 2, 1857

Lunar 一八五七年 · 正月初八

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. Greater Cold

    Tue

    1857-01-20

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1857-02-02

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Wed

    1857-02-04

    In 2 days

  4. Rain Water

    Wed

    1857-02-18

    In 16 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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

辛丑

正月初八

Day cycle

辛酉

石榴木

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Funeral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinTomb-opening riteBurialTend a graveErect a memorial

Avoid

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

Open for businessTimber workMarriageBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙卯)兔 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

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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