March 3, 2025 Almanac: Auspicious Day

Today is March 3, 2025—the 62nd day of the Gregorian year—with 303 days remaining until its conclusion.

According to the Chinese almanac, March 3 is designated as the “Zhiri.” In the system of the Twelve Day Stars, a Zhiri denotes a day marked by rigid inflexibility, implying that neither auspicious nor inauspicious endeavors are particularly recommended. Nonetheless, today is still regarded as an auspicious day in the traditional calendar.

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What Day Is It?

Gregorian Calendar: Monday, March 3, 2025
Lunar Calendar: Year 2025, Second Month, Fourth Day
Heavenly Stems & Earthly Branches: Yi‑Si Year, Wu‑Yin Month, Xin‑Wei Day
Zodiac Animal: Snake
Clash & Inauspicious Directions: Today is governed by the energy of the Sheep, which clashes with the Ox (specifically Yi‑Chou), with a negative influence from the west.
Fetal Deity’s Position: Located outside the kitchen and lavatory in the southwest
Constellation: Pisces
Peng Zu’s Admonition: “Xin does not harmonize with the sauce—the host should abstain; Wei does not comply with medicinal virtues, allowing toxic vapors to enter the intestines.”
Festival: National Ear Day

Which Zodiac Is in Conflict Today?

Today’s energy is that of the Sheep, which clashes with the Ox. According to the principle of incompatibility, individuals born under the Ox sign should exercise caution.

Is Today an Auspicious Day?

The almanac advises that the following activities are favorable:

Accepting betrothal gifts and marriage ceremonies
Offering sacrifices and prayers for blessings
Traveling
Undertaking construction or ground-breaking
Relocating or moving into a new residence
Interring the deceased and breaking ground

Conversely, it discourages:

Initiating business ventures
Moving into a new home
Participating in ritual fasting or ceremonial rites

In essence, while today is considered auspicious, its “Zhiri” character—emblematic of inflexible, unyielding energy—suggests that one might best refrain from both celebratory and ill-fated endeavors.

Which Direction Brings Fortune Today?

Wealth Deity: Due east
Auspicious Deity: Southwest
Blessing Deity: Northeast

Auspicious Time Periods Today

Yin Hour (3:00–4:59 AM) – Auspicious
- Hourly Clash: Monkey; Negative Influence: North
- Recommended: Prayers for blessings, seeking progeny, travel, wealth pursuits, marriage, and burial
- Avoid: Construction and ground-breaking
Mao Hour (5:00–6:59 AM) – Auspicious
- Hourly Clash: Rooster; Negative Influence: West
- Recommended: Pursuing offspring, engagements, marriage, travel, wealth acquisition, market openings, trade, and setting up one’s bed
- Avoid: Sacrificial rites, prayers, ritual fasting, and appeasing deities
Si Hour (9:00–10:59 AM) – Auspicious
- Hourly Clash: Pig; Negative Influence: East
- Recommended: Construction, roofing, relocation, housewarming, inaugurating markets or warehouses, deity worship, engagements, marriage, and wealth pursuits
- Avoid: Sacrifices, prayers, fasting ceremonies, consecration, assuming official duties, and travel
Shen Hour (3:00–4:59 PM) – Auspicious
- Hourly Clash: Tiger; Negative Influence: South
- Recommended: Prayers for blessings, seeking offspring, engagements, marriage, travel, wealth pursuits, market openings, trade, setting up one’s bed, culinary preparations, sacrificial rites, assuming office, and meeting dignitaries
- Avoid: Lifting beams for roofing, constructing roofs, and preparing the deceased for burial

On This Day in History – March 3

Festivals

China’s Daughter’s Festival
National Ear Day (China)
Japan’s Girl’s Day

Major Historical Events

581: Yang Jian usurped the Zhou dynasty and established the Sui dynasty.
636: The compilation of the five dynastic histories—the Liang Shu, Chen Shu, Bei Qi Shu, Bei Zhou Shu, and Sui Shu—was completed.
705: Emperor Zhongzong reinstated the Tang dynasty’s national title.
1915: The film The Birth of a Nation premiered in New York.
1932: The conflict in the Songhu region came to an end.
1948: The Northwest Field Army secured a major victory in the Yichuan Campaign.
1950: The Kuomintang air force bombed the skies over Guangzhou in an assault known as the “33 Bombing.”
1950: The Government Administration Council issued the “Decision on Unifying National Fiscal and Economic Affairs.”
1955: The Central Committee and State Council released urgent directives to expedite grain procurement and sales and to stabilize farmers’ production sentiments.
1971: China successfully launched its first scientific experimental satellite.
1971: China also launched its second artificial satellite, the first scientific experimental satellite—“Shijian-1.”
1981: The State Council approved renaming “Lvda City” to “Dalian City.”
1986: Prominent scientists, including Wang Daheng, presented “Suggestions on Tracking and Studying Foreign Strategic High Technology” to Deng Xiaoping.
1990: The first successful on-foot trans-Antarctic expedition was completed.
1995: The Third Session of the Eighth National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference was held in Beijing. Shortly afterward, on March 5, the Third Session of the Eighth National People’s Congress convened in Beijing, establishing fixed opening dates for the nation’s “Two Sessions” on March 3 and March 5 each year.
1998: The First Session of the Ninth National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference took place in Beijing.
2003: The First Session of the Tenth National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference was held in Beijing.
2004: The Second Session of the Tenth National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference convened.
2005: The Third Session of the Tenth National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference was held in Beijing.
2006: The Fourth Session of the Tenth National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference convened in Beijing.
2007: The Fifth Session of the Tenth National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference was held in Beijing.
2008: The First Session of the Eleventh National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference was convened in Beijing.
2009: The Second Session of the Eleventh National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference was held in Beijing.
2010: Washington, D.C. officially became the sixth U.S. jurisdiction to legalize same-sex marriage.
2011: The Fourth Session of the Eleventh National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference was held in Beijing.
2012: Both the Fifth Session of the Eleventh National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and the Fifth Session of the Eleventh National People’s Congress were convened.

Notable Births

1847: Alexander Graham Bell, the illustrious inventor, entrepreneur, and telephone pioneer, was born.
1890: Norman Bethune, the internationalist hero born into a clergyman’s family in Ontario, Canada, entered the world.
1909: Yuan Muzhi (1909–1978), the eminent Chinese actor, director, and film entrepreneur, was born.
1913: The writer Tang Tao was born.
1985: The actor Huang Xuan was born.

Notable Deaths

1824: Giovanni Battista Viotti, the renowned Italian violinist and composer, passed away.
1968: Xu Guangping departed from this life.
1983: Hergé, the creator of The Adventures of Tintin, died at the age of 75.
1993: Gao Yuanjun, a grandmaster of Shandong Kuaishu, passed away.
2013: Chinese actress Song Wenfei, aged 27, tragically succumbed to uterine cancer; she was celebrated for her performance in In That Distant Place.
2020: Miao Dongsheng, a respected professor at the School of Philosophy of Renmin University of China, died in Beijing at 83 following an unsuccessful battle with illness.
2023: Wang Changfa, a survivor of the Nanjing Massacre, passed away at the age of 100.
2024: The eminent scholar and drama theorist, Mr. Qu Liuyi—the founding president of the Chinese Nuo Opera Research Association—died at the age of 94.

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