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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 1842

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Lunar month 127Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 11Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 12Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 13Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 14Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAwakening of Insects6Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 19Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 110Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 212Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 213Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 214Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 215Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 216Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 217Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 218Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 219Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 220Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsSpring Equinox21Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 222Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 223Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 224Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 225Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 226Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 227Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 228Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 229Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 230Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 231Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 21Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 24Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness5Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, March 20, 1842

Lunar 一八四二年 · 二月初九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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

    Sun

    1842-03-06

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1842-03-20

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Mon

    1842-03-21

    In 1 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Tue

    1842-04-05

    In 16 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

壬寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

癸卯

二月初九

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

HaircutComing-of-age riteMarriageWelcome a household member

Avoid

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

Acquire propertyTimber workReceive livestockBuild animal sheltersBurialBreak ground for burialBuild roof beamsBuild a stovePrepare a burial plot

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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