Chinese Almanac for 2019-09-23
2019-09-23 is Lunar month 8, day 25 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Gui Hai day in the Ji Hai (Pig) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2019-09-23 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 8, day 25 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Hai (Pig) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) You (Rooster) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Hai (Pig) |
| Year zodiac | Pig |
| Solar term today | Autumn Equinox |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Sculpt or paint deity images (塑绘)
- Travel (出行)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Cut cloth for tailoring (裁衣)
- Hang a plaque (挂匾)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Open for business (开市)
- Dig a pond (开池)
- Build a latrine (开厕)
- Repair a wall (补垣)
- Seal up holes and burrows (塞穴)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- None (无)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Grace (月恩), Four Images (四相), Minister's Day (相日), Post Horse (驿马), Heaven's Empress (天后), Heaven's Shaman (天巫), Blessing Virtue (福德), Essential Peace (要安)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Five Voids (五虚), Great Havoc (大煞), Double Day (重日), Black Tortoise (元武)
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) | North |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | East |
What is today's lunar date?
2019-09-23 corresponds to Lunar month 8, day 25 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?
2019-09-23 falls in the Ji Hai year, the year of the Pig.
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