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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 1885

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Lunar month 11Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 14Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects5Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 19Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 110Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 217Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 218Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 219Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationSpring Equinox20Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 221Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 222Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 223Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 224Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 225Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 226Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 227Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 228Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 229Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 230Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 231Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness4Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 25Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 26Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 27Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 28Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 29Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 210Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 211Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, March 12, 1885

Lunar 一八八五年 · 正月廿六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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

    Thu

    1885-03-05

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1885-03-12

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Fri

    1885-03-20

    In 8 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Sat

    1885-04-04

    In 23 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

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

己卯

正月廿六

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalComing-of-age riteDismantleConstructionBreak groundSet a bedFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dress

Avoid

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

Build a stoveConsecrateMarriageOpen for businessMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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