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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 1856

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Lunar month 1227Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1228Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1229Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1230Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1231Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring4Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 17Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 18Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 19Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 110Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseRain Water19Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 120Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 11Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 13Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 14Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAwakening of Insects5Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 16Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 27Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 28Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, February 6, 1856

Lunar 一八五六年 · 正月初一

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. Start of Spring

    Mon

    1856-02-04

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1856-02-06

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Rain Water

    Tue

    1856-02-19

    In 13 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Wed

    1856-03-05

    In 28 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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

庚寅

正月初一

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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