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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 1857

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Lunar month 21Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 24Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAwakening of Insects5Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 210Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 211Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 212Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 213Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 214Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 215Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 216Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 217Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 218Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 219Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsSpring Equinox20Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 221Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 222Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 223Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 224Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 225Day 30Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 326Day 1SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 327Day 2NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 328Day 3NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 329Day 4SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 330Day 5Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 331Day 6SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 31Day 7NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 32Day 8NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 33Day 9SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 34Day 10Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness5Day 11SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 36Day 12NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 37Day 13NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 38Day 14SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 39Day 15Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 310Day 16SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 311Day 17NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Sunday, March 22, 1857

Lunar 一八五七年 · 二月廿七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for clear agreements and deep study. 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

    Fri

    1857-03-20

    Passed 2 days

  2. Selected date

    Sun

    1857-03-22

    Since the previous term: 2 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Sun

    1857-04-05

    In 14 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Mon

    1857-04-20

    In 29 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

丁巳

Zodiac · 蛇

Month cycle

癸卯

二月廿七

Day cycle

己酉

大驿土

Day guardian

玉堂

吉 · 破

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Demolish a houseDemolish wallsAvoid other undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageRelocateOpen for businessMove into a home

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (癸卯)兔 · Sha 东

己不破券二比并亡 · 酉不会客醉坐颠狂

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

甲子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

乙丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

丁卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

戊辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

己巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

庚午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

辛未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

壬申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

癸酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

甲戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

乙亥

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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