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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 17, 1997

Lunar 一九九七年 · 二月初九

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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. Awakening of Insects

    Wed

    1997-03-05

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1997-03-17

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Thu

    1997-03-20

    In 3 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Sat

    1997-04-05

    In 19 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

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

癸卯

二月初九

Day cycle

戊午

天上火

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringMarriageWelcome a son-in-lawEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressFuneral preparationMove a coffin

Avoid

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

Break groundBuild a stoveMove into a homeConsecrateSet a bed

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬子)鼠 · Sha 北

戊不受田田主不祥 · 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

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

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

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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