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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 1884

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Lunar month 1227Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 130Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 131Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 11Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 12Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 13Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring4Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 16Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 19Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 110Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 117Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingRain Water19Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 120Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 227Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 228Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 229Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 24Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAwakening of Insects5Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 26Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 27Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 28Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, February 20, 1884

Lunar 一八八四年 · 正月廿四

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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. Start of Spring

    Mon

    1884-02-04

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1884-02-20

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Wed

    1884-03-05

    In 14 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Thu

    1884-03-20

    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

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丙寅

正月廿四

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsComing-of-age riteOpen for business

Avoid

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

Funeral preparationBurialBuild a stoveMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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