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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

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Lunar 二〇〇九年 · 二月初四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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. Rain Water

    Wed

    2009-02-18

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2009-02-28

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Thu

    2009-03-05

    In 5 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Fri

    2009-03-20

    In 20 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

雨水 → 惊蛰

Year cycle

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丙寅

二月初四

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecratePray for childrenVisit friends and familySet a bedAnimal husbandrySculpture and paintingAcupuncture

Avoid

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

Move into a homeRelocateMove the hearthSeparate householdsSet an altarBuild a stoveOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

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

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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