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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

Saturday, February 18, 2017

Lunar 二〇一七年 · 正月廿二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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

    Fri

    2017-02-03

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2017-02-18

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Sun

    2017-03-05

    In 15 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Mon

    2017-03-20

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 雨水

Year cycle

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

壬寅

正月廿二

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMarriageMake an offeringOffer prayersTravelOpen for businessVisit friends and familyBreak groundBreak ground for burialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homeMove the hearthInstall doorsBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

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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