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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 1853

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Lunar month 127Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 14Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects5Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 19Day 30NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 210Day 1SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 211Day 2Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 212Day 3SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 213Day 4NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 214Day 5NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 215Day 6SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 216Day 7Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 217Day 8SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 218Day 9NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 219Day 10NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 220Day 11SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingSpring Equinox21Day 12Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 222Day 13SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 223Day 14NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 224Day 15NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 225Day 16SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 226Day 17Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 227Day 18SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 228Day 19NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 229Day 20NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 230Day 21SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 231Day 22Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 23SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 24NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 25NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 24Day 26SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 27Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 26Day 28SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 27Day 29NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 38Day 1NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 39Day 2SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, March 25, 1853

Lunar 一八五三年 · 二月十六

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for clear agreements and giving thanks. If conflict and legal entanglements asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
clear agreements
Give space to
conflict and legal entanglements

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. Spring Equinox

    Mon

    1853-03-21

    Passed 4 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1853-03-25

    Since the previous term: 4 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Tue

    1853-04-05

    In 11 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Wed

    1853-04-20

    In 26 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

春分 → 清明

Year cycle

癸丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

乙卯

二月十六

Day cycle

辛卯

松柏木

Day guardian

明堂

吉 · 建

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPray for childrenPurification riteMarriageComing-of-age riteTravelOpen for businessTradeVisit friends and family

Avoid

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

Break groundRelocateMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙酉)鸡 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 卯不穿井水泉不香

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

Avoid

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Favourable

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

丙申

Avoid

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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