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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 1874

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Lunar month 11Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 12Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 13Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 14Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAwakening of Insects6Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 19Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 110Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 117Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 218Day 1NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 219Day 2NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 220Day 3SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsSpring Equinox21Day 4Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 222Day 5SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 223Day 6NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 224Day 7NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 225Day 8SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 226Day 9Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 227Day 10SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 228Day 11NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 229Day 12NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 230Day 13SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 231Day 14Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 21Day 15SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 16NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 17NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 24Day 18SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness5Day 19Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 20SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 21NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 22NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 23SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 210Day 24Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 211Day 25SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, March 16, 1874

Lunar 一八七四年 · 正月廿八

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. Awakening of Insects

    Fri

    1874-03-06

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1874-03-16

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Sat

    1874-03-21

    In 5 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Sun

    1874-04-05

    In 20 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

甲戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

丁卯

正月廿八

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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