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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 1891

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Lunar month 121Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring4Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 19Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 110Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 115Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingRain Water19Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 120Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 14Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAwakening of Insects6Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 210Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 211Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 212Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 213Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 214Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, February 16, 1891

Lunar 一八九一年 · 正月初八

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

    Wed

    1891-02-04

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1891-02-16

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Rain Water

    Thu

    1891-02-19

    In 3 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Fri

    1891-03-06

    In 18 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

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

庚寅

正月初八

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersSet an altarMove the hearthConstructionTravelOpen for businessRelocate

Avoid

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

Set a bedBuild a stoveBuild a boatVisit friends and family

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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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