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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 1858

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Lunar month 128Day 15Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 11Day 16SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 12Day 17NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 13Day 18NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 14Day 19SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 20Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAwakening of Insects6Day 21SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 22NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 23NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 19Day 24SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 110Day 25Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 26SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 27NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 28NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 29SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 215Day 1Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 216Day 2SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 217Day 3NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 218Day 4NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 219Day 5SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 220Day 6Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsSpring Equinox21Day 7SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 222Day 8NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 223Day 9NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 224Day 10SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 225Day 11Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 226Day 12SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 227Day 13NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 228Day 14NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 229Day 15SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 230Day 16Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 231Day 17SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 21Day 18NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 19NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 20SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 24Day 21Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness5Day 22SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 23NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 24NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 28Day 25SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 29Day 26Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 210Day 27SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Tuesday, March 2, 1858

Lunar 一八五八年 · 正月十七

Daily direction

Northeast

Make room for giving thanks and thoughtful travel. 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. Rain Water

    Fri

    1858-02-19

    Passed 11 days

  2. Selected date

    Tue

    1858-03-02

    Since the previous term: 11 days

  3. Awakening of Insects

    Sat

    1858-03-06

    In 4 days

  4. Spring Equinox

    Sun

    1858-03-21

    In 19 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

雨水 → 惊蛰

Year cycle

戊午

Zodiac · 马

Month cycle

甲寅

正月十七

Day cycle

甲午

沙中金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 定

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Sculpture and paintingConsecrateGive thanks to deitiesPurification riteMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsSet the marriage bedDismantleBreak ground

Avoid

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

Build a housePlantingBurialBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Northeast

艮

Fortune

North

坎

Wealth

Northeast

艮

Day notes

Clash (戊子)鼠 · Sha 北

甲不开仓财物耗散 · 午不苫盖屋主更张

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

Favourable

03:00–04:59

丙寅

Avoid

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

Avoid

15:00–16:59

壬申

Favourable

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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