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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 2186

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Lunar month 226Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 227Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 228Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 21Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 22Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 23Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 24Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects5Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 26Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 27Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 28Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 29Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 210Day 20Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 211Day 21SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 212Day 22NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 213Day 23NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 214Day 24SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 215Day 25Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 216Day 26SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 217Day 27NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 218Day 28NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 219Day 29SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationSpring Equinox20Day 30Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 221Day 1SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 222Day 2NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 223Day 3NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 224Day 4SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 225Day 5Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 226Day 6SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 227Day 7NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 228Day 8NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLeap lunar month 229Day 9SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 230Day 10Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 231Day 11SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 21Day 12NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 22Day 13NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLeap lunar month 23Day 14SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness4Day 15Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLeap lunar month 25Day 16SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLeap lunar month 26Day 17NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLeap lunar month 27Day 18NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLeap lunar month 28Day 19SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, March 16, 2186

Lunar 二一八六年 · 二月廿六

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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

    Sun

    2186-03-05

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    2186-03-16

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Mon

    2186-03-20

    In 4 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Tue

    2186-04-04

    In 19 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

丙戌

Zodiac · 狗

Month cycle

辛卯

二月廿六

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

HaircutComing-of-age riteMarriageWelcome a household member

Avoid

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

Acquire propertyTimber workReceive livestockBuild animal sheltersBurialBreak ground for burialBuild roof beamsBuild a stovePrepare a burial plot

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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