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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 1961

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Lunar month 126Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 11Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 12Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 13Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 14Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAwakening of Insects6Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 19Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 110Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 30SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 217Day 1NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 218Day 2NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 219Day 3SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 220Day 4Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsSpring Equinox21Day 5SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 222Day 6NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 223Day 7NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 224Day 8SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 225Day 9Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 226Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 227Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 228Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 229Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 230Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 231Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 21Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 24Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness5Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, March 8, 1961

Lunar 一九六一年 · 正月廿二

Daily direction

Northwest

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

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Mon

    1961-03-06

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1961-03-08

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Tue

    1961-03-21

    In 13 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Wed

    1961-04-05

    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

辛丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

辛卯

正月廿二

Day cycle

庚子

壁上土

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Receive wealthTradeExecute an agreementPlantingCaptureMake netsFishingWelcome a household memberTrain livestockHaircut

Avoid

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

Move into a homeBuild a houseRaise pillarsBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲午)马 · Sha 南

庚不经络织机虚张 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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