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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 1979

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Lunar month 128Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 130Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 131Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 11Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 12Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 13Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring4Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 16Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 19Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 110Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 117Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingRain Water19Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 120Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 227Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 228Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 21Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 22Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 23Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 24Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 25Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAwakening of Insects6Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 27Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 28Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 29Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 210Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, February 13, 1979

Lunar 一九七九年 · 正月十七

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

    Sun

    1979-02-04

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1979-02-13

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Rain Water

    Mon

    1979-02-19

    In 6 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Tue

    1979-03-06

    In 21 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

己未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

丙寅

正月十七

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

RelocateMake an offeringConsecrateOffer prayersTravelLift misfortuneWelcome a household memberHire helpSet a bedBreak ground

Avoid

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

MarriageBurialBreak ground for burialBuild roof beamsReceive livestockAnimal husbandryFuneral processionBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

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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