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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 1959

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TODAY
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Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 11Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 12Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 13Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 14Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 15Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAwakening of Insects6Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 17Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 18Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 210Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 211Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 212Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 213Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 214Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 215Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 216Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 217Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 218Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 219Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 220Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseSpring Equinox21Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 222Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 223Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 224Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 225Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 226Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 227Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 228Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 229Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 230Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 231Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 21Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 22Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 23Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 24Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness5Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 26Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 27Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, March 17, 1959

Lunar 一九五九年 · 二月初九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. 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

    1959-03-06

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1959-03-17

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Sat

    1959-03-21

    In 4 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Sun

    1959-04-05

    In 19 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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

丁卯

二月初九

Day cycle

戊戌

平地木

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalTradeExecute an agreementSet a bedInstall machineryBurialMove a coffinBreak groundBreak ground for burialErect a memorial

Avoid

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

MarriageConsecrateBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬辰)龙 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

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

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

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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