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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

Monday, February 18, 2008

Lunar 二〇〇八年 · 正月十二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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

    Mon

    2008-02-04

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2008-02-18

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Rain Water

    Tue

    2008-02-19

    In 1 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Wed

    2008-03-05

    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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

甲寅

正月十二

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingConsecrateSculpture and paintingOffer prayersPray for childrenMake a pactFormal betrothalComing-of-age riteCut garments

Avoid

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

BurialRaise a roof beamMove into a homeBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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