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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 1888

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Lunar month 126Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 11Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 13Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 14Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAwakening of Insects5Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 16Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 18Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 19Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 110Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 213Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 214Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 215Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 216Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 217Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 218Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 219Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseSpring Equinox20Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 221Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 222Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 223Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 224Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 225Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 226Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 227Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 228Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 229Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 230Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 231Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness4Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 25Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 26Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, March 17, 1888

Lunar 一八八八年 · 二月初五

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Mon

    1888-03-05

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1888-03-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Tue

    1888-03-20

    In 3 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Wed

    1888-04-04

    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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

乙卯

二月初五

Day cycle

丁亥

屋上土

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Open for businessExecute an agreementTradeHang a signboardMake an offeringOffer prayersConsecrateMove into a homeRelocateSet a bed

Avoid

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

MarriageFuneral processionSet up a horse frameBuild roof beamsHaircutAnimal husbandryBurialReceive livestockTimber work

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛巳)蛇 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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