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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 1998

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Lunar month 11Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 15Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 19Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 110Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 117Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteRain Water19Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 120Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 227Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 228Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 21Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 22Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 23Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 24Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 25Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAwakening of Insects6Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 27Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 28Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 29Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 210Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 211Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 212Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 213Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 214Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, February 16, 1998

Lunar 一九九八年 · 正月二十

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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. Start of Spring

    Wed

    1998-02-04

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1998-02-16

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Rain Water

    Thu

    1998-02-19

    In 3 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Fri

    1998-03-06

    In 18 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

戊寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

甲寅

正月二十

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingConsecrateGive thanks to deitiesPurification riteMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsSet the marriage bedDismantleBreak ground

Avoid

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

Build a housePlantingBurialBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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