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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 1957

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Lunar month 1227Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 131Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 110Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationRain Water19Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 120Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 11Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 24Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 25Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects6Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, February 3, 1957

Lunar 一九五七年 · 正月初四

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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. Greater Cold

    Sun

    1957-01-20

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1957-02-03

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Mon

    1957-02-04

    In 1 days

  4. Rain Water

    Tue

    1957-02-19

    In 16 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

大寒 → 立春

Year cycle

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

辛丑

正月初四

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

BathingCaptureHuntingHaircutGroom nailsFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

Formal betrothalMake a pactMarriageRaise a roof beamOpen for businessPurification riteBuild a houseInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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