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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 1953

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Lunar month 11Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 12Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 13Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 14Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAwakening of Insects6Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 19Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 110Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 215Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 216Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 217Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 218Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 219Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 220Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsSpring Equinox21Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 222Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 223Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 224Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 225Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 226Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 227Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 228Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 229Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 230Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 231Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 21Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 24Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness5Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 210Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 211Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, March 12, 1953

Lunar 一九五三年 · 正月廿七

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Fri

    1953-03-06

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1953-03-12

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Sat

    1953-03-21

    In 9 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Sun

    1953-04-05

    In 24 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

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

乙卯

正月廿七

Day cycle

壬戌

大海水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsSet the marriage bedComing-of-age riteWelcome a household memberBreak groundSet a bed

Avoid

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

Build roof beamsBuild a temple

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙辰)龙 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 戌不吃犬作怪上床

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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