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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 2014

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Lunar month 1226Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1227Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1228Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 131Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 15Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 19Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 110Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 117Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteRain Water19Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 120Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 21Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 22Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 23Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 24Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 25Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAwakening of Insects6Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 27Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 28Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, February 1, 2014

Lunar 二〇一四年 · 正月初二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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. Greater Cold

    Mon

    2014-01-20

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2014-02-01

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Tue

    2014-02-04

    In 3 days

  4. Rain Water

    Wed

    2014-02-19

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

大寒 → 立春

Year cycle

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

乙丑

正月初二

Day cycle

癸卯

金箔金

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

TravelLay foundationsSet a bedReceive wealthTradeExecute an agreementMarriagePlantingFuneral preparationMove a coffin

Avoid

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

Hang a signboardMove into a homeRaise a roof beamOffer prayersLitigationBuild roof beamsBuild a stoveDig a pondInstall doorsBreak ground

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁酉)鸡 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

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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