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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 1885

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Lunar month 121Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring3Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1212Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 117Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationRain Water18Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 120Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 14Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects5Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 19Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 110Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, February 2, 1885

Lunar 一八八四年 · 腊月十八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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. Greater Cold

    Tue

    1885-01-20

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1885-02-02

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Tue

    1885-02-03

    In 1 days

  4. Rain Water

    Wed

    1885-02-18

    In 16 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

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丁丑

腊月十八

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set a bedCut garmentsTradeExecute an agreementFuneral preparationMove a coffinBurialEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dress

Avoid

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

Acquire propertyMarriageTravelConsecratePlantingBreak groundBreak ground for burialMove into a homeTreat illness

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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