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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 1838

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Lunar month 225Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 226Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 227Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 228Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 24Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 25Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects6Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 211Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 212Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 213Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 214Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 215Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 216Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 217Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 218Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 219Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 220Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationSpring Equinox21Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 222Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 223Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 224Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 225Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 326Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 331Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness5Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, March 7, 1838

Lunar 一八三八年 · 二月十二

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    1838-02-19

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1838-03-07

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Wed

    1838-03-21

    In 14 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Thu

    1838-04-05

    In 29 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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

乙卯

二月十二

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Cut garmentsMeridian therapyTimber workSet roof-post openingsDismantleConstructionBreak groundRaise a roof beamJoin roof ridgesPrepare a coffin

Avoid

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

Make an offeringMarriageTravelDig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

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

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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