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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 2103

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Lunar month 125Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 11Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 12Day 24SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 13Day 25NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 14Day 26NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 27SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAwakening of Insects6Day 28Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 29SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 28Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 29Day 2NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 210Day 3SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 211Day 4Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 212Day 5SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 213Day 6NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 214Day 7NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 215Day 8SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 216Day 9Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 217Day 10SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 218Day 11NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 219Day 12NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 220Day 13SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsSpring Equinox21Day 14Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 222Day 15SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 223Day 16NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 224Day 17NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 225Day 18SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 226Day 19Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 227Day 20SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 228Day 21NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 229Day 22NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 230Day 23SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 231Day 24Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 21Day 25SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 26NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 27NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 24Day 28SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness5Day 29Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 30SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 37Day 1NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, March 16, 2103

Lunar 二一〇三年 · 二月初九

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Tue

    2103-03-06

    Passed 10 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2103-03-16

    Since the previous term: 10 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Wed

    2103-03-21

    In 5 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Thu

    2103-04-05

    In 20 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

癸亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

乙卯

二月初九

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsSet the marriage bedDismantleConstructionBreak ground

Avoid

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

Set a bedOpen for businessExecute an agreementBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

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

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

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

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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