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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

Friday, February 15, 1957

Lunar 一九五七年 · 正月十六

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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. Start of Spring

    Mon

    1957-02-04

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1957-02-15

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Rain Water

    Tue

    1957-02-19

    In 4 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Wed

    1957-03-06

    In 19 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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

壬寅

正月十六

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make vehicles and toolsFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenRelocateTravelOpen for businessMove the hearth

Avoid

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

ConsecrateBuild a houseBreak groundBuild a stovePlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

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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