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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 2188

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Lunar month 1227Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 130Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 131Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 15Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 19Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 110Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 117Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteRain Water19Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 120Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 227Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 228Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 229Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 24Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAwakening of Insects5Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 26Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, February 5, 2188

Lunar 二一八八年 · 正月初九

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and warm gatherings. 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. Greater Cold

    Sun

    2188-01-20

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2188-02-05

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Rain Water

    Tue

    2188-02-19

    In 14 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Wed

    2188-03-05

    In 29 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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

甲寅

正月初九

Day cycle

己未

天上火

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Break groundFuneral preparationMarriageMove a coffinBurialBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

Open for businessBuild a stoveSet a bedMove into a homeRaise a roof beamCut garments

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸丑)牛 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

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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