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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 2025

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Lunar month 1226Day 27NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1227Day 28SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1228Day 29Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 130Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 131Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 11Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring3Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 14Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 15Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 16Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 18Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 19Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 110Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingRain Water18Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 119Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 120Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 228Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 21Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 22Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 23Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 24Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAwakening of Insects5Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 26Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 27Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 28Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

Lunar 二〇二五年 · 正月初八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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. Start of Spring

    Mon

    2025-02-03

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2025-02-05

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Rain Water

    Tue

    2025-02-18

    In 13 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Wed

    2025-03-05

    In 28 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

乙巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

戊寅

正月初八

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Build a stoveLift misfortuneLevel roads

Avoid

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

PlantingTravelOffer prayersFuneral processionReceive livestockBurialInstall doorsTimber workBuild roof beamsAnimal husbandry

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

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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