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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 1877

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Lunar month 125Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 126Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 127Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 128Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 11Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 12Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 13Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 14Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsAwakening of Insects5Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 16Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 17Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 18Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 19Day 25SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 110Day 26Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 111Day 27SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 112Day 28NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 113Day 29NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 114Day 30SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 215Day 1Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 216Day 2SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 217Day 3NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 218Day 4NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 219Day 5SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationSpring Equinox20Day 6Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 221Day 7SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 222Day 8NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 223Day 9NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 224Day 10SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 225Day 11Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 226Day 12SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 227Day 13NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 228Day 14NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 229Day 15SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 230Day 16Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 231Day 17SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 21Day 18NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 22Day 19NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 23Day 20SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 24Day 21Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving housePure Brightness5Day 22SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 26Day 23NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 27Day 24NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreaking
Today Selected Solar term

Monday, March 5, 1877

Lunar 一八七七年 · 正月廿一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for thoughtful travel and patient beginnings. If major changes of residence asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
thoughtful travel
Give space to
major changes of residence

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

    Sun

    1877-02-18

    Passed 15 days

  2. Selected date

    Mon

    1877-03-05

    Since the previous term: 15 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Tue

    1877-03-20

    In 15 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Thu

    1877-04-05

    In 31 days

Traditional almanac

The day at a glance

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

Solar term · 惊蛰

Year cycle

丁丑

Zodiac · 牛

Month cycle

癸卯

正月廿一

Day cycle

丁丑

涧下水

Day guardian

勾陈

凶 · 开

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringMake a pactFormal betrothalConstructionBreak groundOffer prayersSculpture and paintingPurification riteBathingDismantle

Avoid

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

Build a stoveBurialOpen for businessBuild a house

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

Southwest

坤

Day notes

Clash (辛未)羊 · Sha 东

丁不剃头头必生疮 · 丑不冠带主不还乡

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

Favourable

07:00–08:59

甲辰

Avoid

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

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

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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