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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 1839

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Lunar month 1227Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1228Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1229Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1230Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1231Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1210Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1211Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1212Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1213Day 30Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 1SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 2NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 3NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 117Day 4SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 5Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteRain Water19Day 6SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 120Day 7NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 8NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 9SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 10Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 11Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 13Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 14Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 15Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAwakening of Insects6Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 18Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 19Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, February 4, 1839

Lunar 一八三八年 · 腊月廿一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Mon

    1839-01-21

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1839-02-04

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Rain Water

    Tue

    1839-02-19

    In 15 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Wed

    1839-03-06

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 立春

Year cycle

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

丙寅

腊月廿一

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingConsecrateSculpture and paintingOffer prayersPray for childrenMake a pactFormal betrothalComing-of-age riteCut garments

Avoid

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

BurialRaise a roof beamMove into a homeBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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