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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 2012

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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

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Lunar 二〇一二年 · 二月廿九

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

    Mon

    2012-03-05

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2012-03-21

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Wed

    2012-04-04

    In 14 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Fri

    2012-04-20

    In 30 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

壬辰

Zodiac · 龙

Month cycle

癸卯

二月廿九

Day cycle

辛巳

白蜡金

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecrateSculpture and paintingPray for childrenFormal betrothalCut garmentsSet the marriage bedComing-of-age riteInstall machineryBuild roof beamsSet roof-post openings

Avoid

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

TravelPurification riteBurialMarriage

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙亥)猪 · Sha 东

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 巳不远行财物伏藏

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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