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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 1859

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Lunar month 127Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 14Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 25Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAwakening of Insects6Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 27Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 28Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 29Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 210Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 211Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 212Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 213Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 214Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 215Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 216Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 217Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 218Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 219Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 220Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingSpring Equinox21Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 222Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 223Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 224Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 225Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 226Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 227Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 228Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 229Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 230Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 231Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 21Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 22Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness5Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, March 3, 1859

Lunar 一八五九年 · 正月廿九

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. Rain Water

    Sat

    1859-02-19

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1859-03-03

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Sun

    1859-03-06

    In 3 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Mon

    1859-03-21

    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

己未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

丙寅

正月廿九

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsComing-of-age riteOpen for business

Avoid

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

Funeral preparationBurialBuild a stoveMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

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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