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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 1917

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TODAY
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Lunar month 128Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 130Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 131Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 110Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationRain Water19Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 120Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 222Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 223Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 224Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 225Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 226Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 227Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 228Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 24Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 25Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects6Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, February 2, 1917

Lunar 一九一七年 · 正月十一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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. Greater Cold

    Sat

    1917-01-20

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1917-02-02

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Sun

    1917-02-04

    In 2 days

  4. Rain Water

    Mon

    1917-02-19

    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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

辛丑

正月十一

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelBathingCut garmentsOffer prayersPurification riteMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageInstall machinery

Avoid

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

PlantingFuneral preparationBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

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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