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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 1879

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Lunar month 126Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 130Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 131Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 15Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 19Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 110Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 117Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteRain Water19Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 120Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 221Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 222Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 223Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 224Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 225Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 226Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 227Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 228Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 21Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 22Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 23Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 24Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 25Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAwakening of Insects6Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 27Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 28Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, February 20, 1879

Lunar 一八七九年 · 正月三十

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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. Start of Spring

    Tue

    1879-02-04

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1879-02-20

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Thu

    1879-03-06

    In 14 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Fri

    1879-03-21

    In 29 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

雨水 → 惊蛰

Year cycle

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

丙寅

正月三十

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Seal openingsMake netsFishingHunting

Avoid

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

MarriageInstall doorsRelocateMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

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

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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