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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 1944

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 130Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 131Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 11Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 13Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 14Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring5Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 16Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 18Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 19Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 110Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 119Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseRain Water20Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 224Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 225Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 226Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 227Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 228Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 229Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 21Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 24Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 25Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAwakening of Insects6Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 210Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 211Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, February 17, 1944

Lunar 一九四四年 · 正月廿四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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

    Sat

    1944-02-05

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1944-02-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Rain Water

    Sun

    1944-02-20

    In 3 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Mon

    1944-03-06

    In 18 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

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丙寅

正月廿四

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

RelocateMake an offeringConsecrateOffer prayersTravelLift misfortuneWelcome a household memberHire helpSet a bedBreak ground

Avoid

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

MarriageBurialBreak ground for burialBuild roof beamsReceive livestockAnimal husbandryFuneral processionBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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