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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 1948

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Lunar month 129Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 14Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects5Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 19Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 110Day 30NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 211Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 212Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 213Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 214Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 215Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 216Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 217Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 218Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 219Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 220Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingSpring Equinox21Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 222Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 223Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 224Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 225Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 226Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 227Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 228Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 229Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 230Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 231Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 24Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 26Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 27Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 28Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, March 4, 1948

Lunar 一九四八年 · 正月廿四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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. Rain Water

    Fri

    1948-02-20

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1948-03-04

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Fri

    1948-03-05

    In 1 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Sun

    1948-03-21

    In 17 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

雨水 → 惊蛰

Year cycle

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

甲寅

正月廿四

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringBathingConsecrateSculpture and paintingOffer prayersPray for childrenMake a pactFormal betrothalComing-of-age riteCut garments

Avoid

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

BurialRaise a roof beamMove into a homeBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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