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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 1893

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Lunar month 1229Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1230Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring3Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1212Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1215Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1216Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 117Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationRain Water18Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 120Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 14Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects5Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 19Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 110Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, February 20, 1893

Lunar 一八九三年 · 正月初四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Sat

    1893-02-18

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1893-02-20

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Sun

    1893-03-05

    In 13 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Mon

    1893-03-20

    In 28 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

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

甲寅

正月初四

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingConsecrateSculpture and paintingOffer prayersPray for childrenMake a pactFormal betrothalComing-of-age riteCut garments

Avoid

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

BurialRaise a roof beamMove into a homeBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

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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