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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 2009

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Lunar month 11Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 13Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 15Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 16Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 18Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 19Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 110Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingRain Water18Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 119Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 120Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 225Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 226Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 227Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 228Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 21Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 22Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 23Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 24Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAwakening of Insects5Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 26Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 27Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 28Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 29Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 210Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 211Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 212Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 213Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 214Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Lunar 二〇〇九年 · 正月廿四

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

    2009-02-04

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2009-02-18

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Thu

    2009-03-05

    In 15 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Fri

    2009-03-20

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 雨水

Year cycle

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丙寅

正月廿四

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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