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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 2017

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Lunar month 129Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 130Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 131Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 11Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring3Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 14Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 15Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 16Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 18Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 19Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 110Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingRain Water18Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 119Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 120Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 226Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 227Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 228Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 21Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 22Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 23Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 24Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAwakening of Insects5Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 26Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 27Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 28Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 29Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 210Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 211Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Lunar 二〇一七年 · 正月十二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Fri

    2017-02-03

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2017-02-08

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Rain Water

    Sat

    2017-02-18

    In 10 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Sun

    2017-03-05

    In 25 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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

壬寅

正月十二

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateLift misfortuneTimber workRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamTradeExecute an agreementReceive livestockFuneral preparationMove a coffin

Avoid

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

Move into a homeTravelRelocateMake an offeringMarriageBreak groundBreak ground for burialBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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