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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 1949

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Lunar month 130Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 131Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 110Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationRain Water19Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 120Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 228Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 24Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 25Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects6Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 211Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 212Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, February 11, 1949

Lunar 一九四九年 · 正月十四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    1949-02-04

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1949-02-11

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Rain Water

    Sat

    1949-02-19

    In 8 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Sun

    1949-03-06

    In 23 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

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丙寅

正月十四

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingLift misfortuneHaircutClean the homeDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

Avoid

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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