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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

March 1863

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Lunar month 11Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 13Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 14Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 15Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAwakening of Insects6Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 18Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 19Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 110Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 219Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 220Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteSpring Equinox21Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 222Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 223Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 224Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 225Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 226Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 227Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 228Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 229Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 230Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 231Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 24Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness5Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 26Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 211Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, March 9, 1863

Lunar 一八六三年 · 正月二十

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for clear agreements and thoughtful travel. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Fri

    1863-03-06

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1863-03-09

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Sat

    1863-03-21

    In 12 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Sun

    1863-04-05

    In 27 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

惊蛰 → 春分

Year cycle

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

乙卯

正月二十

Day cycle

丁卯

炉中火

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Offer prayersConsecrateSculpture and paintingGive thanks to deitiesMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsSet a bedOpen for businessExecute an agreement

Avoid

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

Build a stoveDig a wellBreak groundPlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛酉)鸡 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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