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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 1851

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Lunar month 123Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 124Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 125Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 24Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 25Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAwakening of Insects6Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 27Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 28Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 29Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 210Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 211Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 212Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 213Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 214Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 215Day 13NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 216Day 14SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 217Day 15Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 218Day 16SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 219Day 17NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 220Day 18NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingSpring Equinox21Day 19SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 222Day 20Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 223Day 21SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 224Day 22NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 225Day 23NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 226Day 24SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 227Day 25Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 228Day 26SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 229Day 27NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 230Day 28NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 231Day 29SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 21Day 30Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 32Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness5Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, March 3, 1851

Lunar 一八五一年 · 二月初一

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. Rain Water

    Wed

    1851-02-19

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1851-03-03

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Thu

    1851-03-06

    In 3 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Fri

    1851-03-21

    In 18 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

辛亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

庚寅

二月初一

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make vehicles and toolsFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenRelocateTravelOpen for businessMove the hearth

Avoid

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

ConsecrateBuild a houseBreak groundBuild a stovePlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

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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