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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

Wednesday, March 25, 1885

Lunar 一八八五年 · 二月初九

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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. Spring Equinox

    Fri

    1885-03-20

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1885-03-25

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Sat

    1885-04-04

    In 10 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Mon

    1885-04-20

    In 26 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

春分 → 清明

Year cycle

乙酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

己卯

二月初九

Day cycle

己卯

城头土

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelMarriageComing-of-age riteSet a bedFuneral preparationMove a coffinBurial

Avoid

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

Dig a wellBreak groundBuild a stovePlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸酉)鸡 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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