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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 2020

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Lunar month 126Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 130Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 131Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 110Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationRain Water19Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 120Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 223Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 224Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 225Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 226Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 227Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 228Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 229Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 21Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 22Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 23Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 24Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects5Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 26Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 27Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Lunar 二〇二〇年 · 正月廿六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. 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. Start of Spring

    Tue

    2020-02-04

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2020-02-19

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Thu

    2020-03-05

    In 15 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Fri

    2020-03-20

    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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

戊寅

正月廿六

Day cycle

壬辰

长流水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set a bedSet the marriage bedMove into a homeExchange family namesFormal betrothalPray for childrenMake an offeringOpen a storehouse

Avoid

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

Purification riteBuild a stoveBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙戌)狗 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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