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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 2117

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Lunar month 1231Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 30SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 15Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 19Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 110Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 117Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteRain Water19Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 120Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 11Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 23Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 24Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAwakening of Insects5Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 26Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 27Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 28Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 29Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 210Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 211Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 212Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 213Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, February 9, 2117

Lunar 二一一七年 · 正月初八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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

    Thu

    2117-02-04

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2117-02-09

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Rain Water

    Fri

    2117-02-19

    In 10 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Fri

    2117-03-05

    In 24 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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

壬寅

正月初八

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

RelocateMake an offeringConsecrateOffer prayersTravelLift misfortuneWelcome a household memberHire helpSet a bedBreak ground

Avoid

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

MarriageBurialBreak ground for burialBuild roof beamsReceive livestockAnimal husbandryFuneral processionBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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