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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 1996

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 125Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 129Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 14Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects5Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 17Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 18SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 19NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 19Day 20NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 110Day 21SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 22Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 23SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 24NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 25NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 115Day 26SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 116Day 27Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 117Day 28SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 118Day 29NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 219Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationSpring Equinox20Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 221Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 222Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 223Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 224Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 225Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 226Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 227Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 228Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 229Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 230Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 231Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness4Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 25Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 26Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, March 2, 1996

Lunar 一九九六年 · 正月十三

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for deep study and clear agreements. 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. Rain Water

    Mon

    1996-02-19

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1996-03-02

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Tue

    1996-03-05

    In 3 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Wed

    1996-03-20

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

雨水 → 惊蛰

Year cycle

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

庚寅

正月十三

Day cycle

戊戌

平地木

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

FishingFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinBreak ground for burialBurialErect a memorial

Avoid

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

MarriageRaise a roof beamMove into a homeBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬辰)龙 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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