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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 2009

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Lunar month 21Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 22Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 23Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 24Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAwakening of Insects5Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 26Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 27Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 28Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 29Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 210Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 211Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 212Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 213Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 214Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 215Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 216Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 217Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 218Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 219Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingSpring Equinox20Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 221Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 222Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 223Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 224Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 225Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 226Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 327Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 331Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness4Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 36Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 39Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 310Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 311Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Lunar 二〇〇九年 · 二月廿六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for warm gatherings and patient beginnings. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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. Spring Equinox

    Fri

    2009-03-20

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    2009-03-22

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Sat

    2009-04-04

    In 13 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Mon

    2009-04-20

    In 29 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

春分 → 清明

Year cycle

己丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

丁卯

二月廿六

Day cycle

丙寅

炉中火

Day guardian

青龙

吉 · 闭

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make a pactFormal betrothalComing-of-age riteDismantleConstructionBreak groundSet a bedFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dress

Avoid

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

Build a stoveConsecrateMarriageOpen for businessMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚申)猴 · Sha 北

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 寅不祭祀神鬼不尝

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

甲午

Avoid

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

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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