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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

Wednesday, March 18, 1874

Lunar 一八七四年 · 二月初一

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1874-03-18

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Sat

    1874-03-21

    In 3 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Sun

    1874-04-05

    In 18 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

二月初一

Day cycle

甲戌

山头火

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBreak groundRaise a roof beamMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageInstall machineryDismantleSet a bedMove into a home

Avoid

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

ConsecrateDispatch goods

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊辰)龙 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

Favourable

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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