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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 2016

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Lunar month 1231Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 18Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 19Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 110Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsRain Water19Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 120Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 11Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 12Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 13Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 14Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAwakening of Insects5Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 16Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 17Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 18Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 210Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 211Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 212Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, February 6, 2016

Lunar 二〇一五年 · 腊月廿八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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

    Thu

    2016-02-04

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2016-02-06

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Rain Water

    Fri

    2016-02-19

    In 13 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Sat

    2016-03-05

    In 28 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

乙未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

庚寅

腊月廿八

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make vehicles and toolsFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenRelocateTravelOpen for businessMove the hearth

Avoid

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

ConsecrateBuild a houseBreak groundBuild a stovePlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

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

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

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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