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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 1854

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Lunar month 129Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 130Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 131Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring4Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 110Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 118Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationRain Water19Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 120Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 227Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 228Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 24Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 25Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects6Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 211Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, February 2, 1854

Lunar 一八五四年 · 正月初五

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

    1854-01-20

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1854-02-02

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Sat

    1854-02-04

    In 2 days

  4. Rain Water

    Sun

    1854-02-19

    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

甲寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

乙丑

正月初五

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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