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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 2015

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Lunar month 11Day 11SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 12Day 12Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 13Day 13SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 14Day 14NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 15Day 15NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAwakening of Insects6Day 16SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 17Day 17Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 18Day 18SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 19Day 19NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 110Day 20NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 111Day 21SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 112Day 22Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 113Day 23SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 114Day 24NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 115Day 25NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 116Day 26SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 117Day 27Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 118Day 28SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 119Day 29NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 220Day 1NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseSpring Equinox21Day 2SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 222Day 3Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 223Day 4SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 224Day 5NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 225Day 6NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 226Day 7SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 227Day 8Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 228Day 9SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 229Day 10NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 230Day 11NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 231Day 12SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 21Day 13Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 22Day 14SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 23Day 15NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 24Day 16NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness5Day 17SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 26Day 18Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 27Day 19SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 28Day 20NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 29Day 21NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 210Day 22SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 211Day 23Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLending
Today Selected Solar term

Friday, March 13, 2015

Lunar 二〇一五年 · 正月廿三

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

    Fri

    2015-03-06

    Passed 7 days

  2. Selected date

    Fri

    2015-03-13

    Since the previous term: 7 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Sat

    2015-03-21

    In 8 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Sun

    2015-04-05

    In 23 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

乙未

Zodiac · 羊

Month cycle

己卯

正月廿三

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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