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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 1973

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Lunar month 125Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 11Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 12Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 13Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 14Day 30NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 25Day 1NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects6Day 2SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 3Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 4SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 5NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 6NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 211Day 7SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 212Day 8Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 213Day 9SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 214Day 10NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 215Day 11NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 216Day 12SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 217Day 13Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 218Day 14SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 219Day 15NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 220Day 16NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationSpring Equinox21Day 17SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 222Day 18Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 223Day 19SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 224Day 20NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 225Day 21NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 226Day 22SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 227Day 23Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 228Day 24SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 229Day 25NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 230Day 26NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 231Day 27SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 21Day 28Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 22Day 29SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 1NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 2NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness5Day 3SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 4Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 5SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, March 31, 1973

Lunar 一九七三年 · 二月廿七

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. 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. Spring Equinox

    Wed

    1973-03-21

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1973-03-31

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Thu

    1973-04-05

    In 5 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Fri

    1973-04-20

    In 20 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

春分 → 清明

Year cycle

癸丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

乙卯

二月廿七

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalComing-of-age riteDismantleConstructionBreak groundSet a bedFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dress

Avoid

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

Build a stoveConsecrateMarriageOpen for businessMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

乙未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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