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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

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

Friday, February 28, 1896

Lunar 一八九六年 · 正月十六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Wed

    1896-02-19

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1896-02-28

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Thu

    1896-03-05

    In 6 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Fri

    1896-03-20

    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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

庚寅

正月十六

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

RelocateMake an offeringConsecrateOffer prayersTravelLift misfortuneWelcome a household memberHire helpSet a bedBreak ground

Avoid

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

MarriageBurialBreak ground for burialBuild roof beamsReceive livestockAnimal husbandryFuneral processionBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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