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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 1889

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Lunar month 1227Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 131Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 11Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 12Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring3Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 14Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 15Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 17Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 18Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 19Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 110Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsRain Water18Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 120Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 11Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 24Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAwakening of Insects5Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, February 27, 1889

Lunar 一八八九年 · 正月廿八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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. Rain Water

    Mon

    1889-02-18

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1889-02-27

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Tue

    1889-03-05

    In 6 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Wed

    1889-03-20

    In 21 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

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丙寅

正月廿八

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Seal openingsMake netsFishingHunting

Avoid

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

MarriageInstall doorsRelocateMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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