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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 2172

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Lunar month 126Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 130Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 131Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 15Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 19Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 110Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 117Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteRain Water19Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 120Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 224Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 225Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 226Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 227Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 228Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 229Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 24Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAwakening of Insects5Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 26Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, February 9, 2172

Lunar 二一七二年 · 正月十六

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. Start of Spring

    Tue

    2172-02-04

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2172-02-09

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Rain Water

    Wed

    2172-02-19

    In 10 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Thu

    2172-03-05

    In 25 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

壬申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

壬寅

正月十六

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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