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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 20, 1979

Lunar 一九七九年 · 正月廿四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1979-02-20

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Tue

    1979-03-06

    In 14 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Wed

    1979-03-21

    In 29 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

己未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

丙寅

正月廿四

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make vehicles and toolsFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenRelocateTravelOpen for businessMove the hearth

Avoid

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

ConsecrateBuild a houseBreak groundBuild a stovePlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

Avoid

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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