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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 2017

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Lunar month 226Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 227Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 228Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 21Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 22Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 23Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 24Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAwakening of Insects5Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 26Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 27Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 28Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 29Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 210Day 13SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 211Day 14Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 212Day 15SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 213Day 16NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 214Day 17NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 215Day 18SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 216Day 19Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 217Day 20SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 218Day 21NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 219Day 22NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingSpring Equinox20Day 23SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 221Day 24Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 222Day 25SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 223Day 26NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 224Day 27NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 225Day 28SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 226Day 29Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 227Day 30SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 328Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 329Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 330Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 331Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 31Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 32Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 33Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness4Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 35Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 36Day 10SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 11NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 38Day 12NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Lunar 二〇一七年 · 二月廿四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. 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

    Sun

    2017-03-05

    Passed 16 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2017-03-21

    Since the previous term: 16 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Tue

    2017-04-04

    In 14 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Thu

    2017-04-20

    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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

癸卯

二月廿四

Day cycle

丁未

天河水

Day guardian

天德

吉 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

MarriageMake vehicles and toolsFormal betrothalMake a pactMake an offeringOffer prayersInstall machineryRelocateMove into a homeOpen for business

Avoid

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

Receive livestockHaircutPrepare a coffin

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛丑)牛 · Sha 西

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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