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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 2159

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Lunar month 1228Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1212Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1213Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1214Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1215Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1216Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1217Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsRain Water19Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 120Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 11Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 12Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 13Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 14Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAwakening of Insects6Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 19Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 110Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, February 17, 2159

Lunar 二一五八年 · 腊月三十

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. Start of Spring

    Sun

    2159-02-04

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2159-02-17

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Rain Water

    Mon

    2159-02-19

    In 2 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Tue

    2159-03-06

    In 17 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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丙寅

腊月三十

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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