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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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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

Sunday, February 18, 1917

Lunar 一九一七年 · 正月廿七

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. 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. Start of Spring

    Sun

    1917-02-04

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1917-02-18

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Rain Water

    Mon

    1917-02-19

    In 1 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Tue

    1917-03-06

    In 16 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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

壬寅

正月廿七

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringPurification riteCut garmentsSet the marriage bedComing-of-age riteMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageMove into a homeSet an altar

Avoid

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

Dig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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