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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 1885

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Lunar month 121Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsStart of Spring3Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 129Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1210Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1211Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1212Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1213Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1214Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 117Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationRain Water18Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 119Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 120Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 121Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 122Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 123Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 124Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 14Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects5Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 19Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 110Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, February 5, 1885

Lunar 一八八四年 · 腊月廿一

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. 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

    Tue

    1885-02-03

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1885-02-05

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Rain Water

    Wed

    1885-02-18

    In 13 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Thu

    1885-03-05

    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

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

戊寅

腊月廿一

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringPurification riteCut garmentsSet the marriage bedComing-of-age riteMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageMove into a homeSet an altar

Avoid

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

Dig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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