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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 2024

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Lunar month 1228Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 110Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsRain Water19Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 120Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 11Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 12Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 13Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 14Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAwakening of Insects5Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 16Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 17Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 18Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 19Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, February 5, 2024

Lunar 二〇二三年 · 腊月廿六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Sat

    2024-01-20

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2024-02-05

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Rain Water

    Mon

    2024-02-19

    In 14 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Tue

    2024-03-05

    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

癸卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

丙寅

腊月廿六

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringPray for childrenBathingGive thanks to deitiesMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsSet the marriage bedComing-of-age riteInstall machinery

Avoid

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

BurialBuild a stoveTimber workBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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