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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 1871

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Lunar month 126Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 11Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 13Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 14Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 15Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAwakening of Insects6Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 18Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 19Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 110Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 119Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 120Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteSpring Equinox21Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 222Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 223Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 224Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 225Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 226Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 227Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 228Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 229Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 230Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 231Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 24Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness5Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 26Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, March 6, 1871

Lunar 一八七一年 · 正月十六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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. Rain Water

    Sun

    1871-02-19

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1871-03-06

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Tue

    1871-03-21

    In 15 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Wed

    1871-04-05

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 惊蛰

Year cycle

辛未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

辛卯

正月十六

Day cycle

丙午

天河水

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteVisit friends and familyInstall machineryReceive wealthTradeExecute an agreementAcquire property

Avoid

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

Open for businessBuild a houseTreat illnessBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚子)鼠 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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