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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 1997

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Lunar month 1226Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1227Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1228Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1229Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1230Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 110Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteRain Water18Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 120Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 11Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 12Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 13Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 14Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAwakening of Insects5Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 17Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 18Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, February 17, 1997

Lunar 一九九七年 · 正月十一

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for warm gatherings and deep study. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    1997-02-04

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1997-02-17

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Rain Water

    Tue

    1997-02-18

    In 1 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Wed

    1997-03-05

    In 16 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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

壬寅

正月十一

Day cycle

庚寅

松柏木

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Cut garmentsSet the marriage bedFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressVisit friends and familyReceive wealth

Avoid

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

Make an offeringOffer prayersRelocateMarriageMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲申)猴 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

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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