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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

Sunday, March 21, 1869

Lunar 一八六九年 · 二月初九

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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

    1869-03-05

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1869-03-21

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Mon

    1869-04-05

    In 15 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Tue

    1869-04-20

    In 30 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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丁卯

二月初九

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecratePray for childrenTravelFormal betrothalComing-of-age riteMove the hearthDismantleLay foundationsConstructionBreak ground

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMarriageBurialBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 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

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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