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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 2013

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Lunar month 124Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 125Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 126Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 127Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 128Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 11Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 12Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 13Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 14Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAwakening of Insects5Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 16Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 17Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 18Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 19Day 28NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 110Day 29NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 111Day 30SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 212Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 213Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 214Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 215Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 216Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 217Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 218Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 219Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteSpring Equinox20Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 221Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 222Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 223Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 224Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 225Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 226Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 227Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 228Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 229Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 230Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 231Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 21Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 22Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 23Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness4Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 25Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 26Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, March 4, 2013

Lunar 二〇一三年 · 正月廿三

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for patient beginnings and giving thanks. 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. Rain Water

    Mon

    2013-02-18

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2013-03-04

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Tue

    2013-03-05

    In 1 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Wed

    2013-03-20

    In 16 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

雨水 → 惊蛰

Year cycle

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

甲寅

正月廿三

Day cycle

己巳

大林木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Build a stoveLift misfortuneLevel roadsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

Make an offeringOffer prayersBurialInstall doors

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸亥)猪 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 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

甲子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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