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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 1879

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Lunar month 223Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 224Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 225Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 226Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 227Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 228Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 21Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 22Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 23Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 24Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 25Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAwakening of Insects6Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 27Day 15NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 28Day 16NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 29Day 17SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 210Day 18Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 211Day 19SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 212Day 20NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 213Day 21NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 214Day 22SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 215Day 23Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 216Day 24SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 217Day 25NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 218Day 26NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 219Day 27SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 220Day 28Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteSpring Equinox21Day 29SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 222Day 30NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 323Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 324Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 325Day 3Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 326Day 4SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 327Day 5NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 6NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 7SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 8Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 331Day 9SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 10NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 11NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 12SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 13Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness5Day 14SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, March 16, 1879

Lunar 一八七九年 · 二月廿四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. 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

    Thu

    1879-03-06

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1879-03-16

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Fri

    1879-03-21

    In 5 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Sat

    1879-04-05

    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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

丁卯

二月廿四

Day cycle

戊戌

平地木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalTradeExecute an agreementSet a bedInstall machineryBurialMove a coffinBreak groundBreak ground for burialErect a memorial

Avoid

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

MarriageConsecrateBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬辰)龙 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

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

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

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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