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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 19, 2008

Lunar 二〇〇八年 · 二月十二

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

    2008-03-05

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2008-03-19

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Thu

    2008-03-20

    In 1 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Fri

    2008-04-04

    In 16 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

二月十二

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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