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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

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

Monday, February 26, 1940

Lunar 一九四〇年 · 正月十九

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Tue

    1940-02-20

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1940-02-26

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Wed

    1940-03-06

    In 9 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Thu

    1940-03-21

    In 24 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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

戊寅

正月十九

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringPray for childrenBathingGive thanks to deitiesMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsSet the marriage bedComing-of-age riteInstall machinery

Avoid

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

BurialBuild a stoveTimber workBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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