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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 1872

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Lunar month 125Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 11Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 13Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 14Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAwakening of Insects5Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 16Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 18Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 29Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 210Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 211Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 212Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 213Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 214Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 215Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 216Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 217Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 218Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 219Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseSpring Equinox20Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 221Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 222Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 223Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 224Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 225Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 226Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 227Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 228Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 229Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 230Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 231Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness4Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 25Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 26Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, March 26, 1872

Lunar 一八七二年 · 二月十八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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. Spring Equinox

    Wed

    1872-03-20

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1872-03-26

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Thu

    1872-04-04

    In 9 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Sat

    1872-04-20

    In 25 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

壬申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

癸卯

二月十八

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsSet the marriage bedDismantleConstructionBreak ground

Avoid

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

Set a bedOpen for businessExecute an agreementBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

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

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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