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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 1856

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Lunar month 124Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 11Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 13Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 14Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAwakening of Insects5Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 16Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 27Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 28Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 29Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 210Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 211Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 212Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 213Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 214Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 215Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 216Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 217Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 218Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 219Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseSpring Equinox20Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 221Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 222Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 223Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 224Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 225Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 226Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 227Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 228Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 229Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 230Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 231Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness4Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 35Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, March 4, 1856

Lunar 一八五六年 · 正月廿八

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. Rain Water

    Tue

    1856-02-19

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1856-03-04

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Wed

    1856-03-05

    In 1 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Thu

    1856-03-20

    In 16 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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

庚寅

正月廿八

Day cycle

丙戌

屋上土

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringMake netsFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBurialBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

Avoid other undertakings

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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