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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 2021

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Lunar month 1231Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 121Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 122Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring3Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 1210Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 1211Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 117Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteRain Water18Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 119Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 120Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 121Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 122Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 123Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 11Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 12Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 13Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 14Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAwakening of Insects5Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 17Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 18Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 19Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 110Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 112Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 213Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, February 12, 2021

Lunar 二〇二一年 · 正月初一

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

    Wed

    2021-02-03

    Passed 9 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2021-02-12

    Since the previous term: 9 days

  3. Rain Water

    Thu

    2021-02-18

    In 6 days

  4. Awakening of Insects

    Fri

    2021-03-05

    In 21 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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

庚寅

正月初一

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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