Chinese Almanac for 2016-11-10
2016-11-10 is Lunar month 10, day 11 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Bing Shen day in the Bing Shen (Monkey) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2016-11-10 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 10, day 11 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Shen (Monkey) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Hai (Pig) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Shen (Monkey) |
| Year zodiac | Monkey |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Take a ritual bath (沐浴)
- Sweep the house (扫舍)
- Hunt or trap (捕捉)
- Hunt (畋猎)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Seal up holes and burrows (塞穴)
- Avoid all other matters (馀事勿取)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Open for business (开市)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Renovate a grave (修坟)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Mother's Granary (母仓), Removing Spirit (除神), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Heaven's Net (天罡), Robbery Star (劫煞), Month Harm (月害), Five Separations (五离), Heaven's Punishment (天刑)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Tiger (Geng Yin day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Bing (Yang Fire) day: traditionally, the stove is not repaired, as it is said disaster will follow.
Shen (Monkey) day: traditionally, beds are not set up, as it is said spirits will enter the room.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Southwest |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southwest |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | West |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2016-11-10 corresponds to Lunar month 10, 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?
2016-11-10 falls in the Bing Shen year, the year of the Monkey.
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