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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 2040

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Lunar month 1229Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsRain Water19Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 120Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 11Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 12Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 13Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 14Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAwakening of Insects5Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 16Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 17Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 18Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 19Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 110Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, February 19, 2040

Lunar 二〇四〇年 · 正月初八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Sat

    2040-02-04

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2040-02-19

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Mon

    2040-03-05

    In 15 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Tue

    2040-03-20

    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

庚申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

戊寅

正月初八

Day cycle

丁丑

涧下水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBurialTomb-opening rite

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundConsecrateBuild a houseBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛未)羊 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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