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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

Saturday, March 28, 1840

Lunar 一八四〇年 · 二月廿五

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for deep study and thoughtful travel. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Fri

    1840-03-20

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1840-03-28

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Sun

    1840-04-05

    In 8 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Mon

    1840-04-20

    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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

己卯

二月廿五

Day cycle

丙戌

屋上土

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake an offeringTravelComing-of-age riteExecute an agreementTradeWelcome a household memberOpen for businessRelocateConstruction

Avoid

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

ConsecrateBuild a stovePurification riteBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚辰)龙 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

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

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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