Chinese Almanac for 2015-12-12
2015-12-12 is Lunar month 11, day 2 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ren Xu day in the Yi Wei (Goat) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2015-12-12 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 11, day 2 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Wei (Goat) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Zi (Rat) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Xu (Dog) |
| Year zodiac | Goat |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Break ground (动土)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Acquire property (置产)
- Plant (栽种)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Travel (出行)
- Take office (赴任)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Move house (移徙)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Dig a canal (开渠)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Virtue (月德), Hour's Yang (时阳), Vital Energy (生气)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Five Voids (五虚), Nine Voids (九空), Departure and Loss (往亡), Heaven's Punishment (天刑)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Dragon (Bing Chen day); traditionally best to avoid the North direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Ren (Yang Water) day: traditionally, water is not released, as it is said it will be hard to contain.
Xu (Dog) day: traditionally, dog meat is not eaten, as it is said strange things will happen.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | South |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | South |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southwest |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | East |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2015-12-12 corresponds to Lunar month 11, day 2 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?
2015-12-12 falls in the Yi Wei year, the year of the Goat.
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