Today’s Date
Today is March 8, 2025 – the 67th day of the Gregorian year, with 298 days remaining until its end. According to the traditional almanac, March 8 is classified as a “Gathering Day” within the Twelve Star Phases, a designation that connotes retraction and consolidation. On such a day, activities are best confined to gathering, retrieving, or interring, while other inauspicious endeavors are best avoided. In short, today is not regarded as an especially propitious day.
Quel jour sommes-nous aujourd'hui ?
- Calendrier grégorien : Saturday, March 8, 2025
- Calendrier lunaire : The 9th day of the second lunar month in the year 2025
- Tiges célestes et branches terrestres : Year of Yi Si, Month of Ji Mao, Day of Bing Zi
- Animal du zodiaque : Serpent
- Adverse Clash: Today is a Rat day in conflict with the Horse (Geng Wu), with negative influences directed toward the south
- Fetal Deity Positioning: Located at the southwest exterior of the kitchen’s mortar
- Constellation : Poissons
- Admonition de Peng Zu : “If on a Bing day the stove is neglected, disaster is sure to follow; if one fails to consult divination on a Zi day, misfortune is inevitable.”
- Festival : International Women’s Day
Quel est le zodiaque en conflit aujourd'hui ?
Today is considered a Rat day, which clashes with the zodiac sign of the Horse. According to the principles of astrological opposition, those born under the sign of the Horse should exercise extra caution today.
Aujourd'hui est-il un jour propice ?
Today is not deemed an overall favorable day. As it falls on a “Gathering Day” – a time reserved solely for withdrawal, consolidation, or burial – only certain activities are considered appropriate.
Activités favorables :
- Tailoring garments
- Assembling bedding
- Conducting coming-of-age ceremonies
- Entering into matrimonial unions
- Welcoming a son-in-law
- Setting up a new bed
- Preparing a body for interment
- Undertaking ventures to attract wealth
Activités inopportunes :
- Initiating kitchen work
- Launching business enterprises
- Conducting burial rites
- Engaging in beam construction
Which Directions Bring Good Fortune Today?
- Le Dieu de la richesse is oriented to the southwest.
- Le Auspicious (Joy) Deity also favors the southwest.
- Le Dieu de la fortune graces the due west.
Heures favorables pour aujourd'hui
- Zi Hour (00:00–00:59) [Auspicious]
- Clashing Influence: Conflicts with the Horse; negative force from the south
- Favorable For: Reporting for duty, traveling, seeking financial opportunities, encountering influential figures, performing sacrificial rites, and offering deific homage
- À éviter : Prayers for blessings and pursuits to beget progeny
- Chou Hour (01:00–02:59) [Auspicious]
- Clashing Influence: Conflicts with the Goat; adverse force from the east
- Favorable For: Praying for blessings, seeking offspring, engagement ceremonies, weddings, traveling, pursuing financial gain, inaugurating business, trading, setting up a new bed, and conducting sacrificial ceremonies
- No specific prohibitions noted.
- Yin Hour (03:00–04:59) [Auspicious]
- Clashing Influence: Conflicts with the Monkey; adverse force from the north
- Favorable For: Seeking progeny, matrimonial ceremonies, relocating, moving into a new residence, launching business ventures, trading, performing interment rites, reporting for duty, traveling, encountering dignitaries, and pursuing wealth
- À éviter : Sacrificial ceremonies, prayers for blessings, ritual fasting and offerings, deific homage, renovations, and any groundbreaking activities
- Mao Hour (05:00–06:59) [Auspicious]
- Clashing Influence: Conflicts with the Rooster; negative force from the west
- Favorable For: Renovations, constructing roofs, relocating, setting up a new bed, moving into a new home, launching business, opening warehouses, encountering influential persons, seeking financial opportunities, engagements, weddings, and augmenting family size
- À éviter : Reporting for duty and traveling
- Zi Hour (23:00–23:59) [Auspicious]
- Clashing Influence: Again in conflict with the Horse; negative force from the south
- Favorable For: Seeking offspring, engagement ceremonies, matrimonial unions, traveling, pursuing financial opportunities, initiating business, trading, and setting up a new bed
- À éviter : Sacrificial ceremonies, prayers for blessings, ritual fasting and offerings, deific homage, renovations, and groundbreaking activities
On This Day in History – March 8
Festivals
International Women’s Day
- In 1909, laboring women in Chicago—as well as female textile and garment workers elsewhere in the United States—launched an unprecedented strike and demonstration to demand higher wages, an eight-hour workday, and suffrage.
- In August 1910, at the Second International Socialist Women’s Conference in Copenhagen, German and international workers’ activist Clara Zetkin proposed that March 8 be celebrated as International Women’s Day.
- Following the establishment of the People’s Republic of China, the Central People’s Government decreed on December 23, 1949, that March 8 become the labor women’s holiday in China, granting women a half-day off.
- In 1977, the 32nd United Nations General Assembly resolved to observe March 8 as “UN Women’s Rights Day and International Peace Day.”
Principaux événements historiques
- AD 161: Marcus Aurelius ascended to the Roman imperial throne.
- 1702: King William of England, Scotland, and Ireland passed away, and his daughter succeeded him as Queen Anne.
- 1924: China commemorated International Women’s Day for the first time.
- 1939: During the War of Resistance, Japanese forces occupied Nanchang.
- 1942: In the Pacific War, Dutch forces on Java surrendered to the Japanese, who simultaneously seized Yangon, the capital of Burma.
- 1952: The nascent People’s Republic of China trained its first cohort of 55 female pilots.
- 1965: During the Vietnam War, U.S. Marine forces landed at Xian Gang in South Vietnam, marking the commencement of direct American military involvement.
- 1966: An earthquake struck Xingtai in Hebei Province, China, claiming 8,064 lives, with aftershocks persisting for over a decade.
- 1996: The Chinese People’s Liberation Army commenced military exercises in the East China Sea and surrounding regions.
- 2008: Liu Xiang, a prominent Chinese athlete and member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, clinched the men’s 60-meter hurdles title at the 12th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Valencia, Spain, recording a time of 7.46 seconds.
- 2014: Malaysian Airlines reported that a Boeing 777-200 lost contact with its control center; this ill-fated flight was designated MH370.
- 2016: Huawei Pay made its official debut.
Naissances remarquables
- 1907: Former Greek Prime Minister and President, Konstantinos Karamanlis, was born.
- 1914: Soviet theoretical astrophysicist Yakov Zeldovich was born.
- 1925: China’s eminent timekeeping expert Yuan Wenbing (1925–1986) was born.
- 1937: Former Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana was born.
- 1958: Renowned Chinese calligrapher Chen Jincheng was born.
Décès notables
- 1641: Xu Xiake, the illustrious geographer of the Ming dynasty, passed away.
- 1935: Chinese film star Ruan Lingyu died.
- 1971: Peking opera artist Qiu Shengrong passed away.
- 1975: Peking opera performer Zhou Xinfang died.
- 2007: Tang Liling, one of China’s pioneering pianists and music educators, passed away at the age of 100.
- 2010: Contemporary poet Zhang Zao, one of the “Five Gentlemen of Bashu,” died at 48.
- 2011: Peking opera artist Xiao Wang Guiqing passed away.
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