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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 1864

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Lunar month 1231Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring4Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 18Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 19Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 110Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 113Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 114Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 115Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 116Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 117Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 118Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseRain Water19Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 120Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 11Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 13Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 14Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAwakening of Insects5Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 16Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 28Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 29Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 210Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 211Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 212Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, February 23, 1864

Lunar 一八六四年 · 正月十六

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. Rain Water

    Fri

    1864-02-19

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1864-02-23

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Sat

    1864-03-05

    In 11 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Sun

    1864-03-20

    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

甲子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丙寅

正月十六

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make vehicles and toolsFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenRelocateTravelOpen for businessMove the hearth

Avoid

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

ConsecrateBuild a houseBreak groundBuild a stovePlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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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