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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 1889

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Lunar month 124Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 125Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 126Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 127Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 128Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 11Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 24Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAwakening of Insects5Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 210Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 211Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 212Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 213Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 214Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 215Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 216Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 217Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 218Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 219Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsSpring Equinox20Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 221Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 222Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 223Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 224Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 225Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 226Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 227Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 228Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 229Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 230Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 331Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness4Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 35Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 36Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, March 6, 1889

Lunar 一八八九年 · 二月初五

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. 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. Rain Water

    Mon

    1889-02-18

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1889-03-06

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Wed

    1889-03-20

    In 14 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Thu

    1889-04-04

    In 29 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

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丁卯

二月初五

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateSculpture and paintingPray for childrenFormal betrothalCut garmentsSet the marriage bedComing-of-age riteInstall machineryBuild roof beamsSet roof-post openings

Avoid

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

TravelPurification riteBurialMarriage

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

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

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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