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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 1877

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Lunar month 125Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 14Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects5Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 19Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 110Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 215Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 216Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 217Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 218Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 219Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationSpring Equinox20Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 221Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 222Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 223Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 224Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 225Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 226Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 227Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 228Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 229Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 230Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 231Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 24Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 26Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 27Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, March 16, 1877

Lunar 一八七七年 · 二月初二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    1877-03-05

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1877-03-16

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Tue

    1877-03-20

    In 4 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Thu

    1877-04-05

    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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

癸卯

二月初二

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

HaircutComing-of-age riteMarriageWelcome a household member

Avoid

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

Acquire propertyTimber workReceive livestockBuild animal sheltersBurialBreak ground for burialBuild roof beamsBuild a stovePrepare a burial plot

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

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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