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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 1896

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Lunar month 1226Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1227Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring4Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1210Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1211Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1212Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseRain Water19Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 120Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 11Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 13Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 14Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAwakening of Insects5Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 16Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, February 1, 1896

Lunar 一八九五年 · 腊月十八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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. Greater Cold

    Mon

    1896-01-20

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1896-02-01

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Tue

    1896-02-04

    In 3 days

  4. Rain Water

    Wed

    1896-02-19

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

大寒 → 立春

Year cycle

乙未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

己丑

腊月十八

Day cycle

甲申

泉中水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementConsecrateTravelMove the hearthDismantleConstructionMove into a home

Avoid

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

Set a bedTimber workOffer prayersReceive livestock

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊寅)虎 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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