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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 2218

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Lunar month 21Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 24Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 25Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects6Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 29Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 210Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 211Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 212Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 213Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 214Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 215Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 216Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 217Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 218Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 219Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 220Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationSpring Equinox21Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 222Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 223Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 224Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 225Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 226Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 327Day 1SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 328Day 2Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 329Day 3SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 330Day 4NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 331Day 5NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 31Day 6SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 32Day 7Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 33Day 8SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 34Day 9NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsPure Brightness5Day 10NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 36Day 11SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 37Day 12Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 38Day 13SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 39Day 14NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 310Day 15NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 311Day 16SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, March 17, 2218

Lunar 二二一八年 · 二月二十

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for giving thanks and clear agreements. 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

    Fri

    2218-03-06

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    2218-03-17

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Sat

    2218-03-21

    In 4 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Sun

    2218-04-05

    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

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

乙卯

二月二十

Day cycle

丙子

涧下水

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Cut garmentsSet the marriage bedComing-of-age riteMarriageWelcome a son-in-lawSet a bedFuneral preparationReceive wealth

Avoid

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

Build a stoveOpen for businessBurialBuild roof beams

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (庚午)马 · Sha 南

丙不修灶必见灾殃 · 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

戊子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

癸巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

甲午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

乙未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

丙申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

丁酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

己亥

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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