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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 1986

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TODAY
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Sat
Lunar month 1226Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1227Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1228Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring4Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 19Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 110Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 115Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingRain Water19Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 120Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 14Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAwakening of Insects6Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, February 8, 1986

Lunar 一九八五年 · 腊月三十

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Tue

    1986-02-04

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1986-02-08

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Rain Water

    Wed

    1986-02-19

    In 11 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Thu

    1986-03-06

    In 26 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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

庚寅

腊月三十

Day cycle

癸未

杨柳木

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Begin studyPractise a craftTravelFormal betrothalMake a pactMarriageVisit friends and familyWelcome a household memberAnimal husbandryCapture

Avoid

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

ConsecrateOpen for businessMove into a homeBreak groundBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁丑)牛 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

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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