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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

Monday, February 17, 2014

Lunar 二〇一四年 · 正月十八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and warm gatherings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Tue

    2014-02-04

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2014-02-17

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Rain Water

    Wed

    2014-02-19

    In 2 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Thu

    2014-03-06

    In 17 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

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丙寅

正月十八

Day cycle

己未

天上火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Break groundFuneral preparationMarriageMove a coffinBurialBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

Open for businessBuild a stoveSet a bedMove into a homeRaise a roof beamCut garments

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸丑)牛 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

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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