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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 1859

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Lunar month 127Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 14Day 30SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 25Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAwakening of Insects6Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 27Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 28Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 29Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 210Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 211Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 212Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 213Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 214Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 215Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 216Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 217Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 218Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 219Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 220Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingSpring Equinox21Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 222Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 223Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 224Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 225Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 226Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 227Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 228Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 229Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 230Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 231Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 21Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 22Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 33Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 34Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness5Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 36Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 5NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 38Day 6SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 39Day 7Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving house
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, March 26, 1859

Lunar 一八五九年 · 二月廿二

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for patient beginnings and deep study. 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. Spring Equinox

    Mon

    1859-03-21

    Passed 5 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    1859-03-26

    Since the previous term: 5 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Tue

    1859-04-05

    In 10 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Wed

    1859-04-20

    In 25 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

己未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

丁卯

二月廿二

Day cycle

癸亥

大海水

Day guardian

玄武

凶 · 成

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringConsecrateSculpture and paintingMake a pactFormal betrothalSet the marriage bedComing-of-age riteDismantleBreak groundLay foundations

Avoid

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

Build a templeMarriageTimber workBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丁巳)蛇 · Sha 西

癸不词讼理弱敌强 · 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

壬子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Favourable

15:00–16:59

庚申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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