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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 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 20, 1856

Lunar 一八五六年 · 正月十五

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1856-02-20

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Wed

    1856-03-05

    In 14 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Thu

    1856-03-20

    In 29 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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

庚寅

正月十五

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersSet an altarMove the hearthConstructionTravelOpen for businessRelocate

Avoid

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

Set a bedBuild a stoveBuild a boatVisit friends and family

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

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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