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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 1899

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Lunar month 126Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 14Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAwakening of Insects6Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 110Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 212Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 213Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 214Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 215Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 216Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 217Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 218Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 219Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 220Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingSpring Equinox21Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 222Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 223Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 224Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 225Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 226Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 227Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 228Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 229Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 230Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 231Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 21Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 22Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 23Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 24Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness5Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 26Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 27Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 28Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, March 9, 1899

Lunar 一八九九年 · 正月廿八

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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

    Mon

    1899-03-06

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1899-03-09

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Tue

    1899-03-21

    In 12 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Wed

    1899-04-05

    In 27 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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

丁卯

正月廿八

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Cut garmentsSet the marriage bedComing-of-age riteMarriageWelcome a son-in-lawSet a bedFuneral preparationReceive wealth

Avoid

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

Build a stoveOpen for businessBurialBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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