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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

Friday, March 31, 2017

Lunar 二〇一七年 · 三月初四

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for patient beginnings and clear agreements. 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. Spring Equinox

    Mon

    2017-03-20

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2017-03-31

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Tue

    2017-04-04

    In 4 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Thu

    2017-04-20

    In 20 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

三月初四

Day cycle

丁巳

沙中土

Day guardian

朱雀

凶 · 满

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingConsecrateMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsSet the marriage bedComing-of-age riteInstall machineryVisit friends and familyReceive wealth

Avoid

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

Build a stoveTravelMove into a homeBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛亥)猪 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 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

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

丙午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

丁未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

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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