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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 1940

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Lunar month 1228Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring5Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 110Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingRain Water20Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 14Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 15Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAwakening of Insects6Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 29Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, February 1, 1940

Lunar 一九三九年 · 腊月廿四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Sun

    1940-01-21

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1940-02-01

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Mon

    1940-02-05

    In 4 days

  4. Rain Water

    Tue

    1940-02-20

    In 19 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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

丁丑

腊月廿四

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteSculpture and paintingConsecrateEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressFuneral preparationBuild a stoveMarriage

Avoid

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

Open a storehouseBuild a houseBurialSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

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

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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