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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 1961

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Lunar month 1229Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1212Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1213Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1214Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsRain Water19Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 120Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 11Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 12Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 13Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 14Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAwakening of Insects6Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 19Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 110Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, February 17, 1961

Lunar 一九六一年 · 正月初三

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. Start of Spring

    Sat

    1961-02-04

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1961-02-17

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Rain Water

    Sun

    1961-02-19

    In 2 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Mon

    1961-03-06

    In 17 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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

庚寅

正月初三

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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