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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 1949

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 127Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 228Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 24Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 25Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects6Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 211Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 212Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 213Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 214Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 215Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 216Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 217Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 218Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 219Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 220Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationSpring Equinox21Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 222Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 223Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 224Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 225Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 226Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 227Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 228Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 1SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 2NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 331Day 3NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 4SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 5Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 6SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 7NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness5Day 8NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 9SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 10Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 11SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 12NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, March 16, 1949

Lunar 一九四九年 · 二月十七

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Sun

    1949-03-06

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1949-03-16

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Mon

    1949-03-21

    In 5 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Tue

    1949-04-05

    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

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丁卯

二月十七

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Receive wealthOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementConsecrateAcupunctureVisit friends and familyHaircutSet a bedBuild a storehouse

Avoid

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

RelocateMove into a homePlanting

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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