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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 2018

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Lunar month 125Day 10SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 11NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 12NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 13SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 14Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 15SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 16NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 14Day 17NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAwakening of Insects5Day 18SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 16Day 19Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 20SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 21NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 19Day 22NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 110Day 23SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 111Day 24Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 112Day 25SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 113Day 26NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 114Day 27NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 115Day 28SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 116Day 29Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 217Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 218Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 219Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 220Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingSpring Equinox21Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 222Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 223Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 224Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 225Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 226Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 227Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 228Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 229Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 230Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 231Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 21Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 22Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 23Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 24Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness5Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 26Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 27Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, March 24, 2018

Lunar 二〇一八年 · 二月初八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for clear agreements and patient beginnings. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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

    Wed

    2018-03-21

    Passed 3 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2018-03-24

    Since the previous term: 3 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Thu

    2018-04-05

    In 12 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Fri

    2018-04-20

    In 27 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

戊戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

乙卯

二月初八

Day cycle

乙卯

大溪水

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringVisit friends and familyExecute an agreementTradeCut garmentsSet the marriage bedMarriageComing-of-age riteWelcome a household member

Avoid

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

PlantingBreak groundBurialDig a wellTend a graveVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己酉)鸡 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

己卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

辛巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

壬午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

癸未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

甲申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

乙酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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