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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 22, 2017

Lunar 二〇一七年 · 正月廿六

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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. Rain Water

    Sat

    2017-02-18

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2017-02-22

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Sun

    2017-03-05

    In 11 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Mon

    2017-03-20

    In 26 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

雨水 → 惊蛰

Year cycle

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

壬寅

正月廿六

Day cycle

庚辰

白蜡金

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Visit friends and familyPray for childrenHaircutComing-of-age riteMake netsCaptureConsecrate

Avoid

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

Open for businessBreak groundBurialBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲戌)狗 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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