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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

February 1959

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Lunar month 121Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring4Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 18Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 19Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 110Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseRain Water19Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 120Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 11Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 12Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 13Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 14Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 15Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAwakening of Insects6Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 17Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 18Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 210Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 211Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 212Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 213Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 214Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, February 28, 1959

Lunar 一九五九年 · 正月廿一

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Thu

    1959-02-19

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1959-02-28

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Fri

    1959-03-06

    In 6 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Sat

    1959-03-21

    In 21 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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

丙寅

正月廿一

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringLevel roadsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageOffer prayersDig a wellBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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