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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

Sunday, February 2, 1896

Lunar 一八九五年 · 腊月十九

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. 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. Greater Cold

    Mon

    1896-01-20

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1896-02-02

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Tue

    1896-02-04

    In 2 days

  4. Rain Water

    Wed

    1896-02-19

    In 17 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

腊月十九

Day cycle

乙酉

泉中水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringFuneral preparationBreak ground for burialEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressTomb-opening riteBurialTend a graveErect a memorialAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

None

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己卯)兔 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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