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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 1996

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

Saturday, February 3, 1996

Lunar 一九九五年 · 腊月十五

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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. Greater Cold

    Sun

    1996-01-21

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1996-02-03

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Sun

    1996-02-04

    In 1 days

  4. Rain Water

    Mon

    1996-02-19

    In 16 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

大寒 → 立春

Year cycle

乙亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

己丑

腊月十五

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringVisit friends and familyTravelMake a pactFormal betrothalBathingConstructionBreak groundOffer prayersPurification rite

Avoid

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

Build a houseOpen for businessBuild a stoveMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

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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