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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 2008

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Lunar month 124Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 125Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 11Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 12Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 13Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 14Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAwakening of Insects5Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 16Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 17Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 210Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 211Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 212Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 213Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 214Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 215Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 216Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 217Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 218Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 219Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsSpring Equinox20Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 221Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 222Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 223Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 224Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 225Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 226Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 227Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 228Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 229Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 230Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 231Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 21Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 22Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 23Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness4Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 25Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Lunar 二〇〇八年 · 二月初五

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

    Wed

    2008-03-05

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2008-03-12

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Thu

    2008-03-20

    In 8 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Fri

    2008-04-04

    In 23 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

戊子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

乙卯

二月初五

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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