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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 1916

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Lunar month 127Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 24Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 25Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAwakening of Insects6Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 27Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 28Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 29Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 210Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 211Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 212Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 213Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 214Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 215Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 216Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 217Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 218Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 219Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 220Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingSpring Equinox21Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 222Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 223Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 224Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 225Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 226Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 227Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 228Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 229Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 230Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 231Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, March 16, 1916

Lunar 一九一六年 · 二月十三

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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

    1916-03-06

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1916-03-16

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Tue

    1916-03-21

    In 5 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Wed

    1916-04-05

    In 20 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

丙辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

辛卯

二月十三

Day cycle

壬子

桑柘木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

HaircutComing-of-age riteMarriageWelcome a household memberPlantingCaptureAcupuncture

Avoid

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

Receive wealthOpen for businessBurialBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙午)马 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

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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