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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 1840

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Lunar month 11Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 13Day 30SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 24Day 1Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAwakening of Insects5Day 2SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 26Day 3NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 27Day 4NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 28Day 5SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 29Day 6Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 210Day 7SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 211Day 8NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 212Day 9NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 213Day 10SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 214Day 11Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 215Day 12SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 216Day 13NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 217Day 14NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 218Day 15SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 219Day 16Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseSpring Equinox20Day 17SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 221Day 18NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 222Day 19NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 223Day 20SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 224Day 21Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 225Day 22SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 226Day 23NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 227Day 24NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 228Day 25SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 229Day 26Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 230Day 27SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 231Day 28NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 29NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness5Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 310Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 311Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, March 3, 1840

Lunar 一八四〇年 · 正月三十

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. Rain Water

    Wed

    1840-02-19

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1840-03-03

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Thu

    1840-03-05

    In 2 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Fri

    1840-03-20

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

雨水 → 惊蛰

Year cycle

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

戊寅

正月三十

Day cycle

辛酉

石榴木

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringPurification riteBathingPrepare a burial plotEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinFuneral preparationBreak ground for burialBurial

Avoid

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

Open for businessMarriageSet a bedVisit friends and familyMove into a homeBuild a stoveRaise a roof beam

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙卯)兔 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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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