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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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TODAY
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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

Thursday, February 24, 1949

Lunar 一九四九年 · 正月廿七

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Sat

    1949-02-19

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1949-02-24

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Sun

    1949-03-06

    In 10 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Mon

    1949-03-21

    In 25 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

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丙寅

正月廿七

Day cycle

乙酉

泉中水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringComing-of-age riteMarriageDismantleConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsRaise a roof beamBuild a houseMove into a home

Avoid

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

Set a bedPlantingTreat illnessBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己卯)兔 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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