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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 1866

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Lunar month 125Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 126Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 127Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 128Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 11Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 12Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 13Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 14Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 15Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationAwakening of Insects6Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 17Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 18Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 19Day 23SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 110Day 24NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 111Day 25NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 112Day 26SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 113Day 27Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 114Day 28SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 115Day 29NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 116Day 30NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 217Day 1SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 218Day 2Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 219Day 3SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 220Day 4NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsSpring Equinox21Day 5NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 222Day 6SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 223Day 7Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 224Day 8SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 225Day 9NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 226Day 10NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 227Day 11SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 228Day 12Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 229Day 13SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 230Day 14NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 231Day 15NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 21Day 16SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 22Day 17Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 23Day 18SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 24Day 19NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationPure Brightness5Day 20NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 26Day 21SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 27Day 22Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrels
Today Selected Solar term

Wednesday, March 14, 1866

Lunar 一八六六年 · 正月廿八

Daily direction

Southeast

Make room for giving thanks and patient beginnings. 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. Awakening of Insects

    Tue

    1866-03-06

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Wed

    1866-03-14

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Wed

    1866-03-21

    In 7 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Thu

    1866-04-05

    In 22 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

丙寅

Zodiac · 虎

Month cycle

辛卯

正月廿八

Day cycle

戊子

霹雳火

Day guardian

司命

吉 · 收

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

HaircutComing-of-age riteMarriageWelcome a household member

Avoid

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

Acquire propertyTimber workReceive livestockBuild animal sheltersBurialBreak ground for burialBuild roof beamsBuild a stovePrepare a burial plot

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

Southeast

巽

Fortune

Northeast

艮

Wealth

North

坎

Day notes

Clash (壬午)马 · Sha 南

戊不受田田主不祥 · 子不问卜自惹祸殃

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

壬子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

癸丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

甲寅

Avoid

05:00–06:59

乙卯

Favourable

07:00–08:59

丙辰

Avoid

09:00–10:59

丁巳

Avoid

11:00–12:59

戊午

Favourable

13:00–14:59

己未

Avoid

15:00–16:59

庚申

Favourable

17:00–18:59

辛酉

Favourable

19:00–20:59

壬戌

Avoid

21:00–22:59

癸亥

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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