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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

Saturday, February 12, 1859

Lunar 一八五九年 · 正月初十

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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

    1859-02-04

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1859-02-12

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Rain Water

    Sat

    1859-02-19

    In 7 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Sun

    1859-03-06

    In 22 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

己未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

丙寅

正月初十

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLevel roadsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageOffer prayersDig a wellBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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