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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

Tuesday, March 4, 1997

Lunar 一九九七年 · 正月廿六

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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. Rain Water

    Tue

    1997-02-18

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1997-03-04

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Wed

    1997-03-05

    In 1 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Thu

    1997-03-20

    In 16 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

正月廿六

Day cycle

乙巳

覆灯火

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Build a stoveLift misfortuneLevel roads

Avoid

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

PlantingTravelOffer prayersFuneral processionReceive livestockBurialInstall doorsTimber workBuild roof beamsAnimal husbandry

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己亥)猪 · Sha 东

乙不栽植千株不长 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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