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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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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

Friday, March 15, 1996

Lunar 一九九六年 · 正月廿六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Tue

    1996-03-05

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1996-03-15

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Wed

    1996-03-20

    In 5 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Thu

    1996-04-04

    In 20 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

丙子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

辛卯

正月廿六

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecratePray for childrenTravelFormal betrothalComing-of-age riteMove the hearthDismantleLay foundationsConstructionBreak ground

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMarriageBurialBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

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

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

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

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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