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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 1950

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Lunar month 1229Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1214Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1215Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1216Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 117Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteRain Water19Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 120Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 11Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 13Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 14Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 15Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAwakening of Insects6Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 18Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 19Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 110Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, February 12, 1950

Lunar 一九四九年 · 腊月廿六

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. 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

    Sat

    1950-02-04

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1950-02-12

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Rain Water

    Sun

    1950-02-19

    In 7 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Mon

    1950-03-06

    In 22 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

戊寅

腊月廿六

Day cycle

戊寅

城头土

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalVisit friends and familyRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamExecute an agreementFuneral preparationMove a coffinBurialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

Make an offeringRelocateMove into a homeBreak groundBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬申)猴 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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