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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

February 1838

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 128Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 130Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 131Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 110Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationRain Water19Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 120Day 26NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 27NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 28SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 29Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 224Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 225Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 226Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 227Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 228Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 24Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 25Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects6Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, February 14, 1838

Lunar 一八三八年 · 正月二十

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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

    1838-02-04

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1838-02-14

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Rain Water

    Mon

    1838-02-19

    In 5 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Tue

    1838-03-06

    In 20 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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

甲寅

正月二十

Day cycle

癸巳

长流水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Build a stoveLevel roads

Avoid

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

Make an offeringOffer prayersBurialInstall doorsAvoid other undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁亥)猪 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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