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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 2022

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Lunar month 127Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 11Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 30NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 23Day 1NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 24Day 2SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAwakening of Insects5Day 3Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 26Day 4SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 27Day 5NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 28Day 6NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 29Day 7SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 210Day 8Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 211Day 9SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 212Day 10NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 213Day 11NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 214Day 12SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 215Day 13Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 216Day 14SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 217Day 15NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 218Day 16NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 219Day 17SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseSpring Equinox20Day 18Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 221Day 19SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 222Day 20NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 223Day 21NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 224Day 22SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 225Day 23Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 226Day 24SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 227Day 25NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 228Day 26NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 229Day 27SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 230Day 28Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 231Day 29SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 31Day 1NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 32Day 2NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 33Day 3SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 34Day 4Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness5Day 5SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 6NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 7NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 8SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 9Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, March 18, 2022

Lunar 二〇二二年 · 二月十六

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. Awakening of Insects

    Sat

    2022-03-05

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2022-03-18

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Sun

    2022-03-20

    In 2 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Tue

    2022-04-05

    In 18 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

壬寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

癸卯

二月十六

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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