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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 2106

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Lunar month 128Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 14Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 15Day 30Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseAwakening of Insects6Day 1SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 27Day 2NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 28Day 3NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 29Day 4SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 210Day 5Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 211Day 6SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 212Day 7NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 213Day 8NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 214Day 9SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 215Day 10Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 216Day 11SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 217Day 12NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 218Day 13NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 219Day 14SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 220Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingSpring Equinox21Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 222Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 223Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 224Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 225Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 226Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 227Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 228Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 229Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 230Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 231Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 34Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 36Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 37Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 310Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, March 3, 2106

Lunar 二一〇六年 · 正月廿八

Daily direction

Northwest

Make room for patient beginnings and thoughtful travel. 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. Rain Water

    Fri

    2106-02-19

    Passed 12 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    2106-03-03

    Since the previous term: 12 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Sat

    2106-03-06

    In 3 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Sun

    2106-03-21

    In 18 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

Lunar date, gan-zhi cycles, solar terms, auspicious activities and timing.

雨水 → 惊蛰

Year cycle

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

庚寅

正月廿八

Day cycle

乙亥

山头火

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Formal betrothalMake an offeringOffer prayersTravelVisit friends and familyConstructionBreak groundRelocateMove into a home

Avoid

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

MarriageOpen for businessBurialBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northwest

乾

Fortune

Southwest

坤

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (己巳)蛇 · Sha 西

乙不栽植千株不长 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

丙子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

丁丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

戊寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

己卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

庚辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

丙戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

丁亥

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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