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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 2014

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Lunar month 123Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 124Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 21Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 22Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 23Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 24Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 25Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAwakening of Insects6Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 27Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 28Day 8SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 29Day 9NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 210Day 10NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 211Day 11SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 212Day 12Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 213Day 13SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 214Day 14NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 215Day 15NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 216Day 16SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 217Day 17Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 218Day 18SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 219Day 19NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 220Day 20NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteSpring Equinox21Day 21SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 222Day 22Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 223Day 23SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 224Day 24NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 225Day 25NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 226Day 26SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 227Day 27Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 228Day 28SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 229Day 29NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 230Day 30NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 331Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness5Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Lunar 二〇一四年 · 二月十八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. If needless quarrels asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
giving thanks
Give space to
needless quarrels

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

    Thu

    2014-03-06

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2014-03-18

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Fri

    2014-03-21

    In 3 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Sat

    2014-04-05

    In 18 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

甲午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

丁卯

二月十八

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

HaircutComing-of-age riteMarriageWelcome a household member

Avoid

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

Acquire propertyTimber workReceive livestockBuild animal sheltersBurialBreak ground for burialBuild roof beamsBuild a stovePrepare a burial plot

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

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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