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Daily Insight

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

February 1983

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Lunar month 1230Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring4Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1210Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1211Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1212Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseRain Water19Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 120Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 11Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 12Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 13Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 14Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 15Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAwakening of Insects6Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 17Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 18Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 19Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 110Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, February 17, 1983

Lunar 一九八三年 · 正月初五

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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

    Fri

    1983-02-04

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1983-02-17

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Rain Water

    Sat

    1983-02-19

    In 2 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Sun

    1983-03-06

    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

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

甲寅

正月初五

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersTravelOpen for businessVisit friends and familyBreak groundBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeMove the hearthInstall doorsBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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