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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 2008

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Lunar month 1227Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 18Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 19Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 110Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsRain Water19Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 120Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 11Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 12Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 13Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 14Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAwakening of Insects5Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 16Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 17Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, February 10, 2008

Lunar 二〇〇八年 · 正月初四

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Mon

    2008-02-04

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2008-02-10

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Rain Water

    Tue

    2008-02-19

    In 9 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Wed

    2008-03-05

    In 24 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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

甲寅

正月初四

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Visit friends and familyPray for childrenHaircutComing-of-age riteMake netsCaptureConsecrate

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundBurialBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

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

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

Favourable

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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