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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 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

Sunday, March 17, 1940

Lunar 一九四〇年 · 二月初九

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and warm gatherings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1940-03-17

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Thu

    1940-03-21

    In 4 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Fri

    1940-04-05

    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

庚辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

己卯

二月初九

Day cycle

己未

天上火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Offer prayersPray for childrenConsecrateSculpture and paintingPurification riteMake a pactFormal betrothalMarriageDismantleSet a bed

Avoid

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

Take office

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸丑)牛 · Sha 西

己不破券二比并亡 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

Favourable

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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