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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 2018

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Lunar month 1228Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1229Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1230Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1231Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteStart of Spring4Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 1210Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 1211Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 1212Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 1213Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1214Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1215Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingRain Water19Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 120Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 121Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 122Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 123Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 14Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAwakening of Insects5Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 110Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, February 24, 2018

Lunar 二〇一八年 · 正月初九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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. Rain Water

    Mon

    2018-02-19

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2018-02-24

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Mon

    2018-03-05

    In 9 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Wed

    2018-03-21

    In 25 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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

甲寅

正月初九

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingConsecrateOffer prayersPray for childrenMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsComing-of-age riteDismantleConstruction

Avoid

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

Timber workBuild a stoveBurialFishingMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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