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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 1859

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Lunar month 1230Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 13Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring4Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 15Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 16Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 17Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 18Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 19Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 110Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 115Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingRain Water19Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 120Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 14Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 25Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAwakening of Insects6Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 27Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 28Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 29Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 210Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 211Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 212Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, February 3, 1859

Lunar 一八五九年 · 正月初一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Thu

    1859-01-20

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1859-02-03

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Fri

    1859-02-04

    In 1 days

  4. Rain Water

    Sat

    1859-02-19

    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

己未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

乙丑

正月初一

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingConsecrateTravelMake a pactFormal betrothalEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMarriageWelcome a son-in-lawFuneral preparation

Avoid

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

Move into a homeSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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