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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 1891

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Lunar month 11Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 14Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAwakening of Insects6Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 210Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 211Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 212Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 213Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 214Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 215Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 216Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 217Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 218Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 219Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 220Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingSpring Equinox21Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 222Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 223Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 224Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 225Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 226Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 227Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 228Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 229Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 230Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 231Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 21Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 22Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 23Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 24Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness5Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 26Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 27Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 28Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 311Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, March 17, 1891

Lunar 一八九一年 · 二月初八

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. 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. Awakening of Insects

    Fri

    1891-03-06

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1891-03-17

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Sat

    1891-03-21

    In 4 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Sun

    1891-04-05

    In 19 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

辛卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

辛卯

二月初八

Day cycle

壬寅

金箔金

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Coming-of-age riteExecute an agreementTradeConstructionBreak groundInstall machineryFuneral preparationBurialBreak ground for burial

Avoid

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

MarriageOffer prayersMove the hearthMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙申)猴 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

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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