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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 1909

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Lunar month 131Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 110Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationRain Water19Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 220Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 221Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 222Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 223Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 224Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 225Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 226Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 227Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 228Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 24Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 25Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects6Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 211Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 212Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 213Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, February 17, 1909

Lunar 一九〇九年 · 正月廿七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. 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. Start of Spring

    Thu

    1909-02-04

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1909-02-17

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Rain Water

    Fri

    1909-02-19

    In 2 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Sat

    1909-03-06

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

立春 → 雨水

Year cycle

己酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

丙寅

正月廿七

Day cycle

戊申

大驿土

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLift misfortuneTreat illnessDemolish a houseDemolish wallsClean the home

Avoid

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

Avoid other undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬寅)虎 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

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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