Chinese Almanac for 2019-12-20
2019-12-20 is Lunar month 11, day 25 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Xin Mao day in the Ji Hai (Pig) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2019-12-20 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 11, day 25 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Hai (Pig) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Zi (Rat) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Year zodiac | Pig |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Avoid all other matters (馀事勿取)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Break ground (动土)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Install a door (安门)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
People's Day (民日), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Five Harmony (五合), Jade Hall (玉堂), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Heaven's Net (天罡), Death God (死神), Month Punishment (月刑), Heaven's Officer (天吏), Fatal Star (致死), Heaven's Thief (天贼), Earth Pouch (地囊)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rooster (Yi You day); traditionally best to avoid the West direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Xin (Yin Metal) day: traditionally, sauce is not made, as it is said the owner will never taste it.
Mao (Rabbit) day: traditionally, wells are not dug, as it is said the spring water will turn foul.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | East |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Center |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | South |
What is today's lunar date?
2019-12-20 corresponds to Lunar month 11, 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?
2019-12-20 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