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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 1863

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Lunar month 121Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1217Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteRain Water19Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 120Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 11Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 13Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 14Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 15Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAwakening of Insects6Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 18Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 19Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 110Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, February 4, 1863

Lunar 一八六二年 · 腊月十七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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

    Tue

    1863-01-20

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1863-02-04

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Rain Water

    Thu

    1863-02-19

    In 15 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Fri

    1863-03-06

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 立春

Year cycle

壬戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

甲寅

腊月十七

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingConsecrateGive thanks to deitiesPurification riteMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsSet the marriage bedDismantleBreak ground

Avoid

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

Build a housePlantingBurialBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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