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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

Thursday, March 12, 1840

Lunar 一八四〇年 · 二月初九

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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

    Thu

    1840-03-05

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1840-03-12

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Fri

    1840-03-20

    In 8 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Sun

    1840-04-05

    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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

己卯

二月初九

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Coming-of-age riteFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinLevel roadsRepair walls

Avoid

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

Build a houseBuild a stoveTreat illnessVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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