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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 2197

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Lunar month 126Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 127Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 128Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 11Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 12Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 13Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 14Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingAwakening of Insects5Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 16Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 17Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 18Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 19Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 110Day 22NorthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 111Day 23SouthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 112Day 24Due SouthFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 113Day 25SoutheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 114Day 26NortheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 115Day 27NorthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 116Day 28SouthwestFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 117Day 29Due SouthFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 118Day 30SoutheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 219Day 1NortheastFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseSpring Equinox20Day 2NorthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 221Day 3SouthwestFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 222Day 4Due SouthFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 223Day 5SoutheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 224Day 6NortheastFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 225Day 7NorthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 226Day 8SouthwestFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 227Day 9Due SouthFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 228Day 10SoutheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingLunar month 229Day 11NortheastFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 230Day 12NorthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 231Day 13SouthwestFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 21Day 14Due SouthFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 22Day 15SoutheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigationLunar month 23Day 16NortheastFavourableStudyAvoidGroundbreakingPure Brightness4Day 17NorthwestFavourablePlantingAvoidLendingLunar month 25Day 18SouthwestFavourableBlessingsAvoidQuarrelsLunar month 26Day 19Due SouthFavourableTravelAvoidMoving houseLunar month 27Day 20SoutheastFavourableGatheringsAvoidHasteLunar month 28Day 21NortheastFavourableAgreementsAvoidLitigation
Today Selected Solar term

Saturday, March 18, 2197

Lunar 二一九七年 · 正月三十

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

    Sun

    2197-03-05

    Passed 13 days

  2. Selected date

    Sat

    2197-03-18

    Since the previous term: 13 days

  3. Spring Equinox

    Mon

    2197-03-20

    In 2 days

  4. Pure Brightness

    Tue

    2197-04-04

    In 17 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

丁酉

Zodiac · 鸡

Month cycle

癸卯

正月三十

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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