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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 1896

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Lunar month 11Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 13Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 14Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAwakening of Insects5Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 16Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 18Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 19Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 110Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 214Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 215Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 216Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 217Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 218Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 219Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseSpring Equinox20Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 221Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 222Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 223Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 224Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 225Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 226Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 227Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 228Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 229Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 230Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 231Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness4Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 25Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 26Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 211Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, March 18, 1896

Lunar 一八九六年 · 二月初五

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. Awakening of Insects

    Thu

    1896-03-05

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1896-03-18

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Fri

    1896-03-20

    In 2 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Sat

    1896-04-04

    In 17 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

辛卯

二月初五

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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