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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 1878

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Lunar month 1227Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 110Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationRain Water19Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 120Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 11Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 12Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 13Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 24Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 25Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects6Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, February 2, 1878

Lunar 一八七八年 · 正月初一

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. Greater Cold

    Sun

    1878-01-20

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1878-02-02

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Mon

    1878-02-04

    In 2 days

  4. Rain Water

    Tue

    1878-02-19

    In 17 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

癸丑

正月初一

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalVisit friends and familyMake an offeringPurification riteBathingSculpture and paintingMove the hearthConsecrateRaise pillars

Avoid

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

Build a templeMarriageTravelBreak groundBurialFuneral procession

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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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