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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 1862

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Lunar month 123Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 24Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 25Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects6Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 211Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 212Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 213Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 214Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 215Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 216Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 217Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 218Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 219Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 220Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationSpring Equinox21Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 222Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 223Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 224Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 225Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 226Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 227Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 228Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 229Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 331Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness5Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, March 5, 1862

Lunar 一八六二年 · 二月初五

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

    1862-02-19

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1862-03-05

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Thu

    1862-03-06

    In 1 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Fri

    1862-03-21

    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

壬戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

壬寅

二月初五

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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