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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 1883

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Lunar month 125Day 18NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 126Day 19SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 127Day 20Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 128Day 21SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 11Day 22NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 12Day 23NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 13Day 24SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 14Day 25Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 15Day 26SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteAwakening of Insects6Day 27NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 17Day 28NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 18Day 29SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 29Day 1Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 210Day 2SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 211Day 3NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 212Day 4NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 213Day 5SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 214Day 6Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 215Day 7SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 216Day 8NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 217Day 9NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 218Day 10SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 219Day 11Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 220Day 12SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingSpring Equinox21Day 13NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 222Day 14NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 223Day 15SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 224Day 16Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 225Day 17SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 226Day 18NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 227Day 19NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 228Day 20SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 229Day 21Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 230Day 22SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 231Day 23NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 21Day 24NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 22Day 25SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 23Day 26Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 24Day 27SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHastePure Brightness5Day 28NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 26Day 29NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 37Day 1SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Thursday, March 29, 1883

Lunar 一八八三年 · 二月廿一

Daily direction

Due South

Make room for warm gatherings and giving thanks. If rushed decisions asks for your attention, let patience set the pace.

Lean into
warm gatherings
Give space to
rushed decisions

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

    Wed

    1883-03-21

    Passed 8 days

  2. Selected date

    Thu

    1883-03-29

    Since the previous term: 8 days

  3. Pure Brightness

    Thu

    1883-04-05

    In 7 days

  4. Grain Rain

    Fri

    1883-04-20

    In 22 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

癸未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

乙卯

二月廿一

Day cycle

壬申

剑锋金

Day guardian

白虎

凶 · 执

Favourable

Traditional activities commonly associated with a smoother rhythm today.

Make an offeringOffer prayersPurification riteMake a pactFormal betrothalCut garmentsSet the marriage bedDismantleConstructionBreak ground

Avoid

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

Set a bedOpen for businessExecute an agreementBuild a stove

Orientation

Auspicious directions

Traditional directional correspondences for the day.

Joy

South

离

Fortune

Southeast

巽

Wealth

South

离

Day notes

Clash (丙寅)虎 · Sha 南

壬不泱水更难提防 · 申不安床鬼祟入房

Timing

Twelve double-hours

A traditional indication of the day’s changing rhythm.

23:00–00:59

庚子

Favourable

01:00–02:59

辛丑

Favourable

03:00–04:59

壬寅

Avoid

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

Favourable

15:00–16:59

戊申

Avoid

17:00–18:59

己酉

Avoid

19:00–20:59

庚戌

Favourable

21:00–22:59

辛亥

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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