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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 2012

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Lunar month 129Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 130Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 131Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 110Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationRain Water19Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 120Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 222Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 223Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 224Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 225Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 226Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 227Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 228Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 229Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 21Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 22Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 23Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 24Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects5Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 26Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 27Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 28Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 29Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 210Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Lunar 二〇一二年 · 正月十六

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. 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

    Sat

    2012-02-04

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2012-02-07

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Rain Water

    Sun

    2012-02-19

    In 12 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Mon

    2012-03-05

    In 27 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

壬辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

壬寅

正月十六

Day cycle

戊戌

平地木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

FishingFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBreak ground for burialBurialErect a memorial

Avoid

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

MarriageRaise 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 (壬辰)龙 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

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

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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