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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 1985

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Lunar month 1227Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1212Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1213Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1214Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1215Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1216Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1217Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1218Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsRain Water19Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 120Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 11Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 12Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 13Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 14Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAwakening of Insects5Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 16Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 19Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, February 28, 1985

Lunar 一九八五年 · 正月初九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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. Rain Water

    Tue

    1985-02-19

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1985-02-28

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Tue

    1985-03-05

    In 5 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Thu

    1985-03-21

    In 21 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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

戊寅

正月初九

Day cycle

戊戌

平地木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

FishingFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBreak ground for burialBurialErect a memorial

Avoid

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

MarriageRaise a roof beamMove into a homeBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬辰)龙 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

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

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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