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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 2186

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Lunar month 129Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 130Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 131Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 11Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 12Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring3Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 14Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 16Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 19Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 110Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 117Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationRain Water18Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 219Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 220Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 221Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 222Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 223Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 224Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 225Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 226Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 227Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 228Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 21Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 22Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 23Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 24Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects5Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 26Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 27Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 28Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 29Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 210Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 211Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, February 1, 2186

Lunar 二一八六年 · 正月十二

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. Greater Cold

    Fri

    2186-01-20

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2186-02-01

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Fri

    2186-02-03

    In 2 days

  4. Rain Water

    Sat

    2186-02-18

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

大寒 → 立春

Year cycle

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

己丑

正月十二

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake a pactFormal betrothalVisit friends and familyMake an offeringInstall machineryRelocateMove into a homeBuild a houseSet a bed

Avoid

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

Open for businessTravelBurialFuneral procession

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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