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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 1887

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Lunar month 130Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 131Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 15Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 19Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 110Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 117Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteRain Water19Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 120Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 223Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 224Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 225Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 226Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 227Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 228Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 21Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 22Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 23Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 24Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 25Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAwakening of Insects6Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 27Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 28Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 29Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 210Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 211Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 212Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, February 20, 1887

Lunar 一八八七年 · 正月廿八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. 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

    Fri

    1887-02-04

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1887-02-20

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Sun

    1887-03-06

    In 14 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Mon

    1887-03-21

    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

丁亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

壬寅

正月廿八

Day cycle

丙辰

沙中土

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteFormal betrothalTravelVisit friends and familyRaise a roof beamInstall machinerySet a bedAnimal husbandryHunting

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBuild a stoveTreat illnessBurialRelocate

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚戌)狗 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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