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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 1870

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Lunar month 127Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 11Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 24Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 25Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects6Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 211Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 212Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 213Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 214Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 215Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 216Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 217Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 218Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 219Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 220Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationSpring Equinox21Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 222Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 223Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 224Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 225Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 226Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 227Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 228Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 229Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 230Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 231Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness5Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, March 17, 1870

Lunar 一八七〇年 · 二月十六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Sun

    1870-03-06

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1870-03-17

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Mon

    1870-03-21

    In 4 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Tue

    1870-04-05

    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

庚午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

己卯

二月十六

Day cycle

壬子

桑柘木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

HaircutComing-of-age riteMarriageWelcome a household memberPlantingCaptureAcupuncture

Avoid

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

Receive wealthOpen for businessBurialBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙午)马 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

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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