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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

March 1881

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TODAY
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Lunar month 127Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 228Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 21Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 24Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAwakening of Insects5Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 210Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 211Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 212Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 213Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 214Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 215Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 216Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 217Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 218Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 219Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsSpring Equinox20Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 221Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 222Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 223Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 224Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 225Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 226Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 227Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 228Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 229Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 331Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness4Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 35Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 36Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, March 17, 1881

Lunar 一八八一年 · 二月十八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for deep study and giving thanks. 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

    Sat

    1881-03-05

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1881-03-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Sun

    1881-03-20

    In 3 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Mon

    1881-04-04

    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

辛巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

辛卯

二月十八

Day cycle

庚戌

钗钏金

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageComing-of-age riteMake an offeringTravelVisit friends and familyConstructionBreak groundFuneral preparationBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

Sculpture and paintingConsecrateBuild a bridgeEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dress

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲辰)龙 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 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

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

壬午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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