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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 1886

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Lunar month 1231Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 110Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationRain Water19Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 120Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 11Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 12Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 13Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 14Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAwakening of Insects5Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 26Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 211Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 212Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 213Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, February 4, 1886

Lunar 一八八六年 · 正月初一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for thoughtful travel and clear agreements. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Wed

    1886-01-20

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1886-02-04

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Rain Water

    Fri

    1886-02-19

    In 15 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Fri

    1886-03-05

    In 29 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

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

庚寅

正月初一

Day cycle

乙未

沙中金

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersGive thanks to deitiesMake a pactFormal betrothalComing-of-age riteCut garmentsSet the marriage bedMarriageSet a bed

Avoid

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

PlantingBreak groundOpen for businessBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己丑)牛 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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