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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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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

Sunday, March 6, 1887

Lunar 一八八七年 · 二月十二

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1887-03-06

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Mon

    1887-03-21

    In 15 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Tue

    1887-04-05

    In 30 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 惊蛰

Year cycle

丁亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

癸卯

二月十二

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Coming-of-age riteFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinLevel roadsRepair walls

Avoid

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

Build a houseBuild a stoveTreat illnessVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

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

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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