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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 1988

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Lunar month 128Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 14Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects5Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 19Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 110Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 117Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 218Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 219Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationSpring Equinox20Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 221Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 222Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 223Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 224Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 225Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 226Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 227Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 228Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 229Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 230Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 231Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness4Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 25Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 26Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 27Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 28Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 29Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, March 8, 1988

Lunar 一九八八年 · 正月廿一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. 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

    Sat

    1988-03-05

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1988-03-08

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Sun

    1988-03-20

    In 12 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Mon

    1988-04-04

    In 27 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

戊辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

乙卯

正月廿一

Day cycle

壬戌

大海水

Day guardian

天牢

凶 · 危

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringTravelMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsSet the marriage bedComing-of-age riteWelcome a household memberBreak groundSet a bed

Avoid

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

Build roof beamsBuild a temple

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙辰)龙 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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