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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 18, 2013

Lunar 二〇一三年 · 二月初七

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for thoughtful travel and giving thanks. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Tue

    2013-03-05

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2013-03-18

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Wed

    2013-03-20

    In 2 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Thu

    2013-04-04

    In 17 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

癸巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

乙卯

二月初七

Day cycle

癸未

杨柳木

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringVisit friends and familyMake a pactCut garmentsSet the marriage bedInstall machineryDismantleRaise a roof beamInstall doorsFuneral preparation

Avoid

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

Timber workBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁丑)牛 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 未不服药毒气入肠

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Avoid

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

戊午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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