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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 1954

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Lunar month 128Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 14Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 25Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAwakening of Insects6Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 27Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 28Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 29Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 210Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 211Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 212Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 213Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 214Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 215Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 216Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 217Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 218Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 219Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 220Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingSpring Equinox21Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 222Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 223Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 224Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 225Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 226Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 227Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 228Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 229Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 230Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 231Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 21Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 22Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness5Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 310Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, March 8, 1954

Lunar 一九五四年 · 二月初四

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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

    Sat

    1954-03-06

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1954-03-08

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Sun

    1954-03-21

    In 13 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Mon

    1954-04-05

    In 28 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

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丁卯

二月初四

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateSculpture and paintingMake a pactFormal betrothalSet the marriage bedComing-of-age riteDismantleBreak groundLay foundations

Avoid

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

Build a templeMarriageTimber workBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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