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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 1987

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TODAY
Sun
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Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 11Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 12Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 13Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring4Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 16Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 19Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 110Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 117Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingRain Water19Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 120Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 228Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 21Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 22Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 23Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 24Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 25Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAwakening of Insects6Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 27Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 28Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 29Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 210Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 211Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 212Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 213Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 214Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, February 5, 1987

Lunar 一九八七年 · 正月初八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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. Greater Cold

    Tue

    1987-01-20

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1987-02-05

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Rain Water

    Thu

    1987-02-19

    In 14 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Fri

    1987-03-06

    In 29 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

丁卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

壬寅

正月初八

Day cycle

乙酉

泉中水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringComing-of-age riteMarriageDismantleConstructionBreak groundLay foundationsRaise a roof beamBuild a houseMove into a home

Avoid

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

Set a bedPlantingTreat illnessBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己卯)兔 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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