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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 1873

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Lunar month 123Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 124Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 227Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 228Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 21Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 24Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAwakening of Insects5Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 210Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 211Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 212Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 213Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 214Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 215Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 216Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 217Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 218Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 219Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsSpring Equinox20Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 221Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 222Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 223Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 224Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 225Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 226Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 227Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 331Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness5Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, March 27, 1873

Lunar 一八七三年 · 二月廿九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for warm gatherings and thoughtful travel. 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

    Thu

    1873-03-20

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1873-03-27

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Sat

    1873-04-05

    In 9 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Sun

    1873-04-20

    In 24 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

癸酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

乙卯

二月廿九

Day cycle

戊寅

城头土

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsSet the marriage bedComing-of-age riteInstall machineryDismantleSet a bedFuneral preparationEnd mourning dress

Avoid

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

Make an offeringConsecrateMarriageMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬申)猴 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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