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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

February 2021

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Lunar month 1231Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring3Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1210Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1211Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteRain Water18Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 120Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 11Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 12Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 13Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 14Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAwakening of Insects5Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 17Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 18Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 19Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 110Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 213Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, February 21, 2021

Lunar 二〇二一年 · 正月初十

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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. Rain Water

    Thu

    2021-02-18

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2021-02-21

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Fri

    2021-03-05

    In 12 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Sat

    2021-03-20

    In 27 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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

庚寅

正月初十

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsComing-of-age riteOpen for business

Avoid

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

Funeral preparationBurialBuild a stoveMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

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

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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