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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.

March 1824

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Lunar month 129Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 21Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 22Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 23Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 24Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAwakening of Insects5Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 26Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 27Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 28Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 29Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 210Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 211Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 212Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 213Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 214Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 215Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 216Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 217Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 218Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 219Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseSpring Equinox20Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 221Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 222Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 223Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 224Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 225Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 226Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 227Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 228Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 229Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 331Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness5Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, March 12, 1824

Lunar 一八二四年 · 二月十二

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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. Awakening of Insects

    Fri

    1824-03-05

    Passed 7 days
  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1824-03-12

    Since the previous term: 7 days
  3. Spring Equinox

    Sat

    1824-03-20

    In 8 days
  4. Pure Brightness

    Mon

    1824-04-05

    In 24 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

惊蛰 → 春分

Year cycle

甲申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

丁卯

二月十二

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteVisit friends and familyInstall machineryReceive wealthTradeExecute an agreementAcquire property

Avoid

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

Open for businessBuild a houseTreat illnessBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

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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