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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

Tuesday, March 17, 1863

Lunar 一八六三年 · 正月廿八

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

    Fri

    1863-03-06

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1863-03-17

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Sat

    1863-03-21

    In 4 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Sun

    1863-04-05

    In 19 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

正月廿八

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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