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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 1956

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Lunar month 126Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 14Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects5Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 19Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 110Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 212Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 213Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 214Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 215Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 216Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 217Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 218Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 219Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationSpring Equinox20Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 221Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 222Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 223Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 224Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 225Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 226Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 227Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 228Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 229Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 230Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 231Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 24Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 26Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 27Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, March 6, 1956

Lunar 一九五六年 · 正月廿四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Mon

    1956-02-20

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1956-03-06

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Tue

    1956-03-20

    In 14 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Thu

    1956-04-05

    In 30 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

辛卯

正月廿四

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsSet the marriage bedDismantleConstructionBreak ground

Avoid

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

Set a bedOpen for businessExecute an agreementBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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