Chinese Almanac for 2019-10-18
2019-10-18 is Lunar month 9, day 20 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Wu Zi day in the Ji Hai (Pig) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2019-10-18 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 9, day 20 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Hai (Pig) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Xu (Dog) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Zi (Rat) |
| Year zodiac | Pig |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Take a ritual bath (沐浴)
- Get a haircut (理发)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Open for business (开市)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Trade (交易)
- Collect wealth (纳财)
- Make fishing nets (结网)
- Train cattle and horses (教牛马)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Move house (移徙)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Travel (出行)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Marry (嫁娶)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Hour's Virtue (时德), People's Day (民日), Heaven's Shaman (天巫), Blessing Virtue (福德), Universal Protection (普护)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Disaster Star (灾煞), Heaven's Fire (天火), Great Havoc (大煞), Return Taboo (归忌), Repeat Day (复日), Heaven's Prison (天牢)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Horse (Ren Wu day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Wu (Yang Earth) day: traditionally, land is not accepted, as it is said to be inauspicious for the landowner.
Zi (Rat) day: traditionally, diviners are not consulted, as it is said doing so brings calamity on oneself.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | North |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Center |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2019-10-18 corresponds to Lunar month 9, day 20 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?
2019-10-18 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