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Traditional calendar · personal reflection

Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

March 1957

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Lunar month 124Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 11Day 30Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 1SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 2NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 24Day 3NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 25Day 4SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects6Day 5Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 6SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 7NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 8NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 9SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 211Day 10Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 212Day 11SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 213Day 12NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 214Day 13NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 215Day 14SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 216Day 15Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 217Day 16SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 218Day 17NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 219Day 18NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 220Day 19SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationSpring Equinox21Day 20Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 222Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 223Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 224Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 225Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 226Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 227Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 228Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 229Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 230Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 331Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness5Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, March 12, 1957

Lunar 一九五七年 · 二月十一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Wed

    1957-03-06

    Passed 6 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1957-03-12

    Since the previous term: 6 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Thu

    1957-03-21

    In 9 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Fri

    1957-04-05

    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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

癸卯

二月十一

Day cycle

癸未

杨柳木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringVisit friends and familyMake a pactCut garmentsSet the marriage bedInstall machineryDismantleRaise a roof beamInstall doorsFuneral preparation

Avoid

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

Timber workBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁丑)牛 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 未不服药毒气入肠

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

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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