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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 2015

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Lunar month 121Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingStart of Spring4Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 129Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1210Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1211Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1212Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1213Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1214Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1215Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1216Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1217Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1218Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseRain Water19Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 120Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 123Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 11Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 12Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 13Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 14Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 15Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAwakening of Insects6Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 17Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 18Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 19Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 110Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Lunar 二〇一四年 · 腊月十六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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. Greater Cold

    Tue

    2015-01-20

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2015-02-04

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Rain Water

    Thu

    2015-02-19

    In 15 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Fri

    2015-03-06

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

Solar term · 立春

Year cycle

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

戊寅

腊月十六

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

RelocateMake an offeringConsecrateOffer prayersTravelLift misfortuneWelcome a household memberHire helpSet a bedBreak ground

Avoid

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

MarriageBurialBreak ground for burialBuild roof beamsReceive livestockAnimal husbandryFuneral processionBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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