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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

Friday, March 19, 1858

Lunar 一八五八年 · 二月初五

Daily direction

Southwest

Make room for patient beginnings and warm gatherings. If lending or spending in haste asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
patient beginnings
Give space to
lending or spending in haste

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

    Sat

    1858-03-06

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    1858-03-19

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Sun

    1858-03-21

    In 2 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Mon

    1858-04-05

    In 17 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

二月初五

Day cycle

辛亥

钗钏金

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

ConsecratePray for childrenTravelFormal betrothalComing-of-age riteMove the hearthDismantleLay foundationsConstructionBreak ground

Avoid

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

Offer prayersMarriageBurialBreak ground for burial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southwest

坤

Fortune

Northwest

乾

Wealth

East

震

Day notes

Clash (乙巳)蛇 · Sha 西

辛不合酱主人不尝 · 亥不嫁娶不利新郎

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

戊子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

己丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

庚寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

辛卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

壬辰

Favourable

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

戊戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

己亥

Favourable

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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