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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 1864

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TODAY
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Lunar month 128Day 21SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 129Day 22NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 11Day 23NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 24SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 13Day 25Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 14Day 26SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAwakening of Insects5Day 27NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 16Day 28NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 29SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 28Day 1Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 29Day 2SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 210Day 3NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 211Day 4NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 212Day 5SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 213Day 6Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 214Day 7SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 215Day 8NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 216Day 9NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 217Day 10SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 218Day 11Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 219Day 12SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseSpring Equinox20Day 13NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 221Day 14NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 222Day 15SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 223Day 16Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 224Day 17SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 225Day 18NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 226Day 19NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 227Day 20SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 228Day 21Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 229Day 22SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 230Day 23NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 231Day 24NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 25SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 26Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 27SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness4Day 28NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 25Day 29NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 36Day 1SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 37Day 2Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 38Day 3SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 39Day 4NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, March 28, 1864

Lunar 一八六四年 · 二月廿一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for deep study and warm gatherings. If heavy works asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
deep study
Give space to
heavy works

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

    Sun

    1864-03-20

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1864-03-28

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Mon

    1864-04-04

    In 7 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Wed

    1864-04-20

    In 23 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

甲子

Zodiac · 鼠

Month cycle

丁卯

二月廿一

Day cycle

壬辰

长流水

Day guardian

天刑

凶 · 除

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Seal openingsGroom nailsLift misfortuneCaptureHuntingMake netsAvoid other undertakingsAvoid major undertakings

Avoid

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

MarriageBuild a stoveDig a wellBurial

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙戌)狗 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 辰不哭泣必主重丧

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Avoid

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Avoid

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Favourable

05:00–06:59

癸卯

Avoid

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Favourable

09:00–10:59

乙巳

Favourable

11:00–12:59

丙午

Avoid

13:00–14:59

丁未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

戊申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

己酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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