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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 2012

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TODAY
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Thu
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Lunar month 226Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 227Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 228Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 229Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 21Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 22Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 23Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 24Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects5Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 26Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 27Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 28Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 29Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 210Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 211Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 212Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 213Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 214Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 215Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 216Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 217Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 218Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 219Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationSpring Equinox20Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 221Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 322Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 323Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 324Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 325Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 326Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 331Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness4Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 35Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Lunar 二〇一二年 · 二月廿一

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for clear agreements and warm gatherings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Mon

    2012-03-05

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2012-03-13

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Tue

    2012-03-20

    In 7 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Wed

    2012-04-04

    In 22 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

壬辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

癸卯

二月廿一

Day cycle

癸酉

剑锋金

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsSeek medical careTreat illness

Avoid

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

Avoid major undertakings

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁卯)兔 · Sha 东

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

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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