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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 1869

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Lunar month 128Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 14Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects5Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 19Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 110Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 213Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 214Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 215Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 216Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 217Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 218Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 219Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationSpring Equinox20Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 221Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 222Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 223Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 224Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 225Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 226Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 227Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 228Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 229Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 230Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 231Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 24Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 26Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 27Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 28Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 29Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 210Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, March 13, 1869

Lunar 一八六九年 · 二月初一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. 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

    1869-03-05

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1869-03-13

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Sat

    1869-03-20

    In 7 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Mon

    1869-04-05

    In 23 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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丁卯

二月初一

Day cycle

癸卯

金箔金

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringVisit friends and familyTravelExecute an agreementTradeComing-of-age riteReceive wealth

Avoid

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

MarriageBreak groundDig a wellLay foundationsLay foundation stonesBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁酉)鸡 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

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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