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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 1997

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Lunar month 123Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 124Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 11Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 12Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 13Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 14Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAwakening of Insects5Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 17Day 29SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 18Day 30NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 1NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 2SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 211Day 3Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 212Day 4SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 213Day 5NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 214Day 6NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 215Day 7SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 216Day 8Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 217Day 9SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 218Day 10NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 219Day 11NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteSpring Equinox20Day 12SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 221Day 13Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 222Day 14SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 223Day 15NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 224Day 16NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 225Day 17SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 226Day 18Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 227Day 19SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 228Day 20NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 229Day 21NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 230Day 22SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 231Day 23Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 21Day 24SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 22Day 25NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 23Day 26NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 24Day 27SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness5Day 28Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, March 3, 1997

Lunar 一九九七年 · 正月廿五

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for deep study and patient beginnings. 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

    Tue

    1997-02-18

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1997-03-03

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Wed

    1997-03-05

    In 2 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Thu

    1997-03-20

    In 17 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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

壬寅

正月廿五

Day cycle

甲辰

覆灯火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageConsecratePray for childrenVisit friends and familySet a bedAnimal husbandrySculpture and paintingAcupuncture

Avoid

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

Move into a homeRelocateMove the hearthSeparate householdsSet an altarBuild a stoveOpen for businessTradeExecute an agreementBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊戌)狗 · Sha 南

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

庚午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

辛未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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