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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 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

Saturday, March 12, 1988

Lunar 一九八八年 · 正月廿五

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. Awakening of Insects

    Sat

    1988-03-05

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1988-03-12

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Sun

    1988-03-20

    In 8 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Mon

    1988-04-04

    In 23 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

正月廿五

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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