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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 1887

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TODAY
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Lunar month 227Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 228Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 21Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 22Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 23Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 24Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 25Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAwakening of Insects6Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 27Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 28Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 29Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 210Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 211Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 212Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 213Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 214Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 215Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 216Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 217Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 218Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 219Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 220Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteSpring Equinox21Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 222Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 223Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 224Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 325Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 326Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 327Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 328Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 329Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 330Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 331Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness5Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, March 2, 1887

Lunar 一八八七年 · 二月初八

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. Rain Water

    Sat

    1887-02-19

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1887-03-02

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Sun

    1887-03-06

    In 4 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Mon

    1887-03-21

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

雨水 → 惊蛰

Year cycle

丁亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

壬寅

二月初八

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateLift misfortuneTimber workRaise pillarsRaise a roof beamTradeExecute an agreementReceive livestockFuneral preparationMove a coffin

Avoid

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

Move into a homeTravelRelocateMake an offeringMarriageBreak groundBreak ground for burialBuild a stove

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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