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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.

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 28, 1838

Lunar 一八三八年 · 三月初三

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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. Spring Equinox

    Wed

    1838-03-21

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1838-03-28

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Thu

    1838-04-05

    In 8 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Fri

    1838-04-20

    In 23 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

春分 → 清明

Year cycle

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

乙卯

三月初三

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateSculpture and paintingFormal betrothalCut garmentsDismantleSet a bedLay foundationsBreak groundRaise pillars

Avoid

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

MarriagePlantingTimber workBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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