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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 1868

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Lunar month 126Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 130Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 131Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 11Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 12Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 13Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring4Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 16Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 19Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 110Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 117Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingRain Water19Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 120Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 223Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 224Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 225Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 226Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 227Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 228Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 229Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 24Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAwakening of Insects5Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 26Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 27Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, February 1, 1868

Lunar 一八六八年 · 正月初八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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. Greater Cold

    Tue

    1868-01-21

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1868-02-01

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Tue

    1868-02-04

    In 3 days

  4. Rain Water

    Wed

    1868-02-19

    In 18 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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

癸丑

正月初八

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringInstall millstonesMake netsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

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

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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