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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 1839

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Lunar month 124Day 11SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 125Day 12NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 126Day 13NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 14SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 15Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 11Day 16SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 17NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 13Day 18NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 14Day 19SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 15Day 20Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingAwakening of Insects6Day 21SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 22NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 18Day 23NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 19Day 24SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 110Day 25Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 26SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 27NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 28NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 29SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 215Day 1Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 216Day 2SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 217Day 3NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 218Day 4NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 219Day 5SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 220Day 6Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteSpring Equinox21Day 7SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 222Day 8NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 223Day 9NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 224Day 10SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 225Day 11Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 226Day 12SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 227Day 13NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 228Day 14NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 229Day 15SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 230Day 16Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 231Day 17SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 18NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 19NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 20SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 24Day 21Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingPure Brightness5Day 22SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 26Day 23NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, March 20, 1839

Lunar 一八三九年 · 二月初六

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

    Wed

    1839-03-06

    Passed 14 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1839-03-20

    Since the previous term: 14 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Thu

    1839-03-21

    In 1 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Fri

    1839-04-05

    In 16 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

己亥

Zodiac · 猪

Month cycle

丁卯

二月初六

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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