Chinese Almanac for 2016-12-07
2016-12-07 is Lunar month 11, day 9 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Gui Hai day in the Bing Shen (Monkey) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2016-12-07 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 11, day 9 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Shen (Monkey) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Zi (Rat) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Hai (Pig) |
| Year zodiac | Monkey |
| Solar term today | Major Snow |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Take a ritual bath (沐浴)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Repair a wall (补垣)
- Seal up holes and burrows (塞穴)
- Cut cloth for tailoring (裁衣)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Make roof beams (作梁)
- Drill pillar mortises (开柱眼)
- Install a millstone (安碓磑)
- Build a dike (筑堤)
- Build a latrine (开厕)
- Exterminate ants (断蚁)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Move house (移徙)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Dig a well (掘井)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
King's Day (王日)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Wandering Calamity (游祸), Blood Branch (血支), Four Exhaustions (四穷), Six Snakes (六蛇), Repeat Day (复日), Double Day (重日), Vermilion Bird (朱雀)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Snake (Ding Si day); traditionally best to avoid the West direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Gui (Yin Water) day: traditionally, lawsuits are not filed, as it is said one's case will be weak and the opponent strong.
Hai (Pig) day: traditionally, marriages are not held, as it is said it will be unlucky for the groom.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | South |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southwest |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | East |
What is today's lunar date?
2016-12-07 corresponds to Lunar month 11, day 9 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?
2016-12-07 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