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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 2005

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Lunar month 1230Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1231Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 110Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteRain Water18Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 120Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 11Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 12Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 13Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 14Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAwakening of Insects5Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 17Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 18Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 19Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 211Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 212Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, February 17, 2005

Lunar 二〇〇五年 · 正月初九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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

    Fri

    2005-02-04

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2005-02-17

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Rain Water

    Fri

    2005-02-18

    In 1 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Sat

    2005-03-05

    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

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

戊寅

正月初九

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingLift misfortuneHaircutClean the homeDemolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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