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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 1989

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Lunar month 126Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 11Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 12Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 13Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 14Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAwakening of Insects5Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 17Day 30SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 211Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 212Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 213Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 214Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 215Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 216Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 217Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 218Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 219Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteSpring Equinox20Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 221Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 222Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 223Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 224Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 225Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 226Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 227Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 228Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 229Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 230Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 231Day 24NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 21Day 25SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 22Day 26Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 23Day 27SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 24Day 28NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness5Day 29NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, March 23, 1989

Lunar 一九八九年 · 二月十六

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for giving thanks and deep study. 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. Spring Equinox

    Mon

    1989-03-20

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1989-03-23

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Wed

    1989-04-05

    In 13 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Thu

    1989-04-20

    In 28 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

己巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

丁卯

二月十六

Day cycle

壬午

杨柳木

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringMarriageWelcome a son-in-lawBurial

Avoid

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

PlantingBuild a houseBuild a stoveMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙子)鼠 · Sha 北

壬不泱水更难提防 · 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

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

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

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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