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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 1866

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Lunar month 1228Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1229Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1230Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1231Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationStart of Spring4Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 129Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1210Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1211Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1212Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1213Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1214Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsRain Water19Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 120Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 121Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 122Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 123Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 124Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 11Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 12Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 13Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 14Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAwakening of Insects6Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 19Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 110Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, February 12, 1866

Lunar 一八六五年 · 腊月廿七

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. Start of Spring

    Sun

    1866-02-04

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1866-02-12

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Rain Water

    Mon

    1866-02-19

    In 7 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Tue

    1866-03-06

    In 22 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

乙丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

庚寅

腊月廿七

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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