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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 2196

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Lunar month 131Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingStart of Spring4Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 15Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 19Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 110Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 117Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteRain Water19Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 120Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 121Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 122Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 123Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 229Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 24Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAwakening of Insects5Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 26Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 211Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 212Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, February 3, 2196

Lunar 二一九六年 · 正月初五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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

    Wed

    2196-01-20

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2196-02-03

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Start of Spring

    Thu

    2196-02-04

    In 1 days

  4. Rain Water

    Fri

    2196-02-19

    In 16 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

大寒 → 立春

Year cycle

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

己丑

正月初五

Day cycle

己亥

平地木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteBathingWelcome a household memberVisit friends and familyBegin study

Avoid

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

MarriageSet the marriage bedMove into a homeFuneral processionBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸巳)蛇 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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