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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 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

Friday, February 12, 1886

Lunar 一八八六年 · 正月初九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Thu

    1886-02-04

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1886-02-12

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Rain Water

    Fri

    1886-02-19

    In 7 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Fri

    1886-03-05

    In 21 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

立春 → 雨水

Year cycle

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

庚寅

正月初九

Day cycle

癸卯

金箔金

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageSet a bedConsecrateTravelMake an offeringBreak groundMove the hearthLift misfortuneVisit friends and familyOpen for business

Avoid

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

Dig a wellLitigation

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁酉)鸡 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

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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