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Daily Insight

A living Chinese almanac for the day, paired with a quieter prompt for how you might move through it.

March 2020

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Lunar month 21Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 22Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 23Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 24Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects5Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 26Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 27Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 28Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 29Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 210Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 211Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 212Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 213Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 214Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 215Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 216Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 217Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 218Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 219Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationSpring Equinox20Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 221Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 222Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 223Day 30NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 324Day 1SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 325Day 2Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 326Day 3SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 327Day 4NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 328Day 5NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 329Day 6SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 330Day 7Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 331Day 8SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 31Day 9NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 32Day 10NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 33Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness4Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 35Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 311Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHaste
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, March 28, 2020

Lunar 二〇二〇年 · 三月初五

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for giving thanks and warm gatherings. 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. Spring Equinox

    Fri

    2020-03-20

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2020-03-28

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Sat

    2020-04-04

    In 7 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Sun

    2020-04-19

    In 22 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

庚子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

己卯

三月初五

Day cycle

庚午

路旁土

Day guardian

金匮

吉 · 平

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Coming-of-age riteFuneral preparationEnd mourning dressPut on mourning dressMove a coffinLevel roadsRepair walls

Avoid

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

Build a houseBuild a stoveTreat illnessVisit the sick

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (甲子)鼠 · Sha 北

庚不经络织机虚张 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

甲申

Favourable

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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