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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 1986

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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

Monday, February 17, 1986

Lunar 一九八六年 · 正月初九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. 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. Start of Spring

    Tue

    1986-02-04

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1986-02-17

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Rain Water

    Wed

    1986-02-19

    In 2 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Thu

    1986-03-06

    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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

庚寅

正月初九

Day cycle

壬辰

长流水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set a bedSet the marriage bedMove into a homeExchange family namesFormal betrothalPray for childrenMake an offeringOpen a storehouse

Avoid

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

Purification riteBuild a stoveBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙戌)狗 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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