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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

February 1874

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Lunar month 121Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1212Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1213Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1214Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1215Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1216Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsRain Water19Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 120Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 11Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 12Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 13Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 14Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAwakening of Insects6Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 19Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 110Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, February 4, 1874

Lunar 一八七三年 · 腊月十八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    1874-01-20

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1874-02-04

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Rain Water

    Thu

    1874-02-19

    In 15 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Fri

    1874-03-06

    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

癸酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丙寅

腊月十八

Day cycle

壬辰

长流水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set a bedSet the marriage bedMove into a homeExchange family namesFormal betrothalPray for childrenMake an offeringOpen a storehouse

Avoid

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

Purification riteBuild a stoveBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙戌)狗 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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