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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 1861

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Lunar month 124Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 125Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 14Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects5Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 19Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 110Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 211Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 212Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 213Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 214Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 215Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 216Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 217Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 218Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 219Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationSpring Equinox20Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 221Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 222Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 223Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 224Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 225Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 226Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 227Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 228Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 229Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 230Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 231Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 24Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 26Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, March 26, 1861

Lunar 一八六一年 · 二月十六

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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

    Wed

    1861-03-20

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1861-03-26

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Fri

    1861-04-05

    In 10 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Sat

    1861-04-20

    In 25 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

辛酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

辛卯

二月十六

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBreak groundRaise a roof beamMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageInstall machineryDismantleSet a bedMove into a home

Avoid

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

ConsecrateDispatch goods

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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