Chinese Almanac for 2011-09-08
2011-09-08 is Lunar month 8, day 11 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Bing Yin day in the Xin Mao (Rabbit) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2011-09-08 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 8, day 11 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) You (Rooster) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Yin (Tiger) |
| Year zodiac | Rabbit |
| Solar term today | White Dew |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Lay the foundation (起基)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Take a ritual bath (沐浴)
- Hunt or trap (捕捉)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Sculpt or paint deity images (塑绘)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Marry (嫁娶)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Grace (天恩), Untying Spirit (解神), Five Harmony (五合), Azure Dragon (青龙), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Robbery Star (劫煞), Minor Depletion (小耗), Earth Pouch (地囊), Return Taboo (归忌)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Monkey (Geng Shen day); traditionally best to avoid the North direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Bing (Yang Fire) day: traditionally, the stove is not repaired, as it is said disaster will follow.
Yin (Tiger) day: traditionally, sacrifices are not offered, as it is said the spirits will not partake.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Southwest |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | East |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | West |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2011-09-08 corresponds to Lunar month 8, day 11 on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar.
What should be avoided on this day?
Traditional almanac sources list the items under Inauspicious for (忌) above as activities best avoided on this day.
Which zodiac year is this day in?
2011-09-08 falls in the Xin Mao year, the year of the Rabbit.
Solar terms: astronomical calculation. Daily do's and don'ts, auspicious/inauspicious spirits, clashes, and Peng Zu's taboos: Xieji Bianfangshu (协纪辨方书) tradition, as encoded in lunar-typescript · Last updated 2026-09-11