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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 1838

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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

Friday, February 23, 1838

Lunar 一八三八年 · 正月廿九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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. Rain Water

    Mon

    1838-02-19

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1838-02-23

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Tue

    1838-03-06

    In 11 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Wed

    1838-03-21

    In 26 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

雨水 → 惊蛰

Year cycle

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

甲寅

正月廿九

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Set a bedLift misfortuneCut garmentsRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamTradeExecute an agreementReceive wealthReceive livestockAnimal husbandry

Avoid

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

MarriageTravelBreak groundDig a channelMove into a homeMake an offeringDig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

Avoid

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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