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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

Saturday, March 22, 1862

Lunar 一八六二年 · 二月廿二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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. Awakening of Insects

    Thu

    1862-03-06

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1862-03-22

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Sat

    1862-04-05

    In 14 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Sun

    1862-04-20

    In 29 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

壬戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

癸卯

二月廿二

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateSculpture and paintingFormal betrothalCut garmentsDismantleSet a bedLay foundationsBreak groundRaise pillars

Avoid

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

MarriagePlantingTimber workBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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