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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

Saturday, February 16, 1957

Lunar 一九五七年 · 正月十七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and warm gatherings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1957-02-16

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Rain Water

    Tue

    1957-02-19

    In 3 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Wed

    1957-03-06

    In 18 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

正月十七

Day cycle

己未

天上火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Break groundFuneral preparationMarriageMove a coffinBurialBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

Open for businessBuild a stoveSet a bedMove into a homeRaise a roof beamCut garments

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸丑)牛 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

Favourable

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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