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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 1929

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Lunar month 1227Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 30NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 110Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsRain Water19Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 120Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 11Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 12Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 13Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 14Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAwakening of Insects6Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 19Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, February 18, 1929

Lunar 一九二九年 · 正月初九

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Mon

    1929-02-04

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1929-02-18

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Rain Water

    Tue

    1929-02-19

    In 1 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Wed

    1929-03-06

    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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丙寅

正月初九

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingConsecrateGive thanks to deitiesPurification riteMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsSet the marriage bedDismantleBreak ground

Avoid

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

Build a housePlantingBurialBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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