Chinese Almanac for 2016-12-16
2016-12-16 is Lunar month 11, day 18 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ren Shen day in the Bing Shen (Monkey) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2016-12-16 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 11, day 18 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Shen (Monkey) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Zi (Rat) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Shen (Monkey) |
| Year zodiac | Monkey |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Travel (出行)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Move house (移徙)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Renovate a grave (修坟)
- Erect a tombstone (立碑)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Make roof beams (作梁)
- Break ground (动土)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Plant (栽种)
- Build a bridge (造桥)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Virtue (月德), Mother's Granary (母仓), Triple Harmony (三合), Heaven's Joy (天喜), Heaven's Physician (天医), Jade Palace (玉宇), Removing Spirit (除神), Azure Dragon (青龙), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Nine Pits (九坎), Nine Scorches (九焦), Earth Talisman (土符), Great Havoc (大煞), Five Separations (五离)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Tiger (Bing Yin day); traditionally best to avoid the South 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.
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) | 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?
2016-12-16 corresponds to Lunar month 11, day 18 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?
2016-12-16 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