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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

March 1940

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Lunar month 125Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 14Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 15Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAwakening of Insects6Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 30NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 29Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 210Day 2Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 211Day 3SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 212Day 4NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 213Day 5NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 214Day 6SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 215Day 7Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 216Day 8SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 217Day 9NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 218Day 10NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 219Day 11SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 220Day 12Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingSpring Equinox21Day 13SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 222Day 14NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 223Day 15NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 224Day 16SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 225Day 17Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 226Day 18SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 227Day 19NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 228Day 20NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 229Day 21SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 230Day 22Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 231Day 23SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 24NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 25NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 26SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 24Day 27Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 28SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 26Day 29NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, March 13, 1940

Lunar 一九四〇年 · 二月初五

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Wed

    1940-03-06

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1940-03-13

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Thu

    1940-03-21

    In 8 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Fri

    1940-04-05

    In 23 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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

己卯

二月初五

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringVisit friends and familyExecute an agreementTradeCut garmentsSet the marriage bedMarriageComing-of-age riteWelcome a household member

Avoid

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

PlantingBreak groundBurialDig a wellTend a graveVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

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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