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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 1976

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Lunar month 11Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 13Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 14Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring5Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 16Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 18Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 19Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 110Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsRain Water19Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 120Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 30SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 21Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 24Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAwakening of Insects5Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 210Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 211Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 212Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 213Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, February 17, 1976

Lunar 一九七六年 · 正月十八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Thu

    1976-02-05

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1976-02-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Rain Water

    Thu

    1976-02-19

    In 2 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Fri

    1976-03-05

    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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

庚寅

正月十八

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringPray for childrenBathingGive thanks to deitiesMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsSet the marriage bedComing-of-age riteInstall machinery

Avoid

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

BurialBuild a stoveTimber workBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

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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