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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 1948

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Lunar month 121Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring5Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 110Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingRain Water20Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 14Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects5Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 19Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 110Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 211Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 212Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 213Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, February 20, 1948

Lunar 一九四八年 · 正月十一

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. Start of Spring

    Thu

    1948-02-05

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1948-02-20

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Fri

    1948-03-05

    In 14 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Sun

    1948-03-21

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 雨水

Year cycle

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

甲寅

正月十一

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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