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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 1936

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TODAY
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Lunar month 126Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 130Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 131Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 11Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 13Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 14Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring5Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 16Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 18Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 19Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 110Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 119Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseRain Water20Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 223Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 224Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 225Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 226Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 227Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 228Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 229Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 21Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 24Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 25Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAwakening of Insects6Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, February 23, 1936

Lunar 一九三六年 · 二月初一

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. Rain Water

    Thu

    1936-02-20

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1936-02-23

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Fri

    1936-03-06

    In 12 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Sat

    1936-03-21

    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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

庚寅

二月初一

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersTravelVisit friends and familyConstructionBreak groundRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessBurialBreak ground for burial

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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