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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 1939

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Lunar month 126Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 14Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 15Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAwakening of Insects6Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 19Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 110Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 117Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 119Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 120Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingSpring Equinox21Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 222Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 223Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 224Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 225Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 226Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 227Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 228Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 229Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 230Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 231Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 24Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 25Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness6Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 27Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 28Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, March 18, 1939

Lunar 一九三九年 · 正月廿八

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for warm gatherings and clear agreements. 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

    Mon

    1939-03-06

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1939-03-18

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Tue

    1939-03-21

    In 3 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Thu

    1939-04-06

    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

己卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

丁卯

正月廿八

Day cycle

甲寅

大溪水

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Cut garmentsMeridian therapyTimber workSet roof-post openingsDismantleConstructionBreak groundRaise a roof beamJoin roof ridgesPrepare a coffin

Avoid

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

Make an offeringMarriageTravelDig a well

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊申)猴 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 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

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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