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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 1897

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Lunar month 1231Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 12Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring3Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 14Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 15Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 17Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 18Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 19Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 110Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsRain Water18Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 119Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 120Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 11Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 12Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 24Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAwakening of Insects5Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 210Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 211Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 212Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 213Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, February 21, 1897

Lunar 一八九七年 · 正月二十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Thu

    1897-02-18

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1897-02-21

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Fri

    1897-03-05

    In 12 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Sat

    1897-03-20

    In 27 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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

壬寅

正月二十

Day cycle

庚戌

钗钏金

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make netsFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBurialBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲辰)龙 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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