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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 1987

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TODAY
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Lunar month 21Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 22Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 23Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 24Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 25Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAwakening of Insects6Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 27Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 28Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 29Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 210Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 211Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 212Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 213Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 214Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 215Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 216Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 217Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 218Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 219Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 220Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingSpring Equinox21Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 222Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 223Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 224Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 225Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 226Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 227Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 228Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 331Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, March 22, 1987

Lunar 一九八七年 · 二月廿三

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

    Fri

    1987-03-06

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1987-03-22

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Sun

    1987-04-05

    In 14 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Mon

    1987-04-20

    In 29 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

丁卯

Zodiac · 兔

Month cycle

癸卯

二月廿三

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Coming-of-age riteFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinLevel roadsRepair walls

Avoid

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

Build a houseBuild a stoveTreat illnessVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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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