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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

Tuesday, March 14, 1871

Lunar 一八七一年 · 正月廿四

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Mon

    1871-03-06

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1871-03-14

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Tue

    1871-03-21

    In 7 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Wed

    1871-04-05

    In 22 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

辛未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

辛卯

正月廿四

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Cut garmentsMeridian therapyTimber workSet roof-post openingsDismantleConstructionBreak groundRaise a roof beamJoin roof ridgesPrepare a coffin

Avoid

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

Make an offeringMarriageTravelDig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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