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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 2016

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Lunar month 128Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 129Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 11Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 12Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 13Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 14Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAwakening of Insects5Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 16Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 17Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 18Day 30NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 1NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 210Day 2SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 211Day 3Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 212Day 4SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 213Day 5NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 214Day 6NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 215Day 7SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 216Day 8Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 217Day 9SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 218Day 10NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 219Day 11NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsSpring Equinox20Day 12SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 221Day 13Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 222Day 14SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 223Day 15NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 224Day 16NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 225Day 17SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 226Day 18Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 227Day 19SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 228Day 20NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 229Day 21NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 230Day 22SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 231Day 23Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 21Day 24SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 22Day 25NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 23Day 26NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness4Day 27SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 25Day 28Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 26Day 29SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, March 7, 2016

Lunar 二〇一六年 · 正月廿九

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

    Sat

    2016-03-05

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    2016-03-07

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Sun

    2016-03-20

    In 13 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Mon

    2016-04-04

    In 28 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

丙申

Zodiac · 猴

Month cycle

辛卯

正月廿九

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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