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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 1938

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Lunar month 1230Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 131Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 11Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 12Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 13Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring4Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 15Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 16Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 17Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 18Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 19Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 110Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 115Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingRain Water19Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 120Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 24Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 25Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAwakening of Insects6Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 27Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 28Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 29Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 210Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 211Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 212Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, February 12, 1938

Lunar 一九三八年 · 正月十三

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. Start of Spring

    Fri

    1938-02-04

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1938-02-12

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Rain Water

    Sat

    1938-02-19

    In 7 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Sun

    1938-03-06

    In 22 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

甲寅

正月十三

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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