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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 2019

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Lunar month 1227Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1228Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1229Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1230Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1231Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseStart of Spring4Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 16Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 19Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 110Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 117Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 118Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingRain Water19Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 120Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 14Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 15Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAwakening of Insects6Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 27Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 28Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 29Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

Lunar 二〇一九年 · 正月初一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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. Greater Cold

    Sun

    2019-01-20

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2019-02-05

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Rain Water

    Tue

    2019-02-19

    In 14 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Wed

    2019-03-06

    In 29 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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

丙寅

正月初一

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersSet an altarMove the hearthConstructionTravelOpen for businessRelocate

Avoid

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

Set a bedBuild a stoveBuild a boatVisit friends and family

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

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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