Chinese Almanac for 2020-08-05
2020-08-05 is Lunar month 6, day 16 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Geng Chen day in the Geng Zi (Rat) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2020-08-05 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 6, day 16 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Zi (Rat) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Wei (Goat) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Chen (Dragon) |
| Year zodiac | Rat |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Collect wealth (纳财)
- Plant (栽种)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Set up a loom (经络)
- Renovate a grave (修坟)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Open for business (开市)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Erect a tombstone (立碑)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month Void (月空), Heaven's Grace (天恩), Hour's Virtue (时德), Heavenly Horse (天马), Universal Protection (普护)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Heaven's Net (天罡), Five Voids (五虚), White Tiger (白虎)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Dog (Jia Xu day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Geng (Yang Metal) day: traditionally, looms are not set up, as it is said the work will come to nothing.
Chen (Dragon) day: traditionally, weeping is avoided, as it is said to foretell a second death in the family.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | East |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | South |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | South |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2020-08-05 corresponds to Lunar month 6, day 16 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?
2020-08-05 falls in the Geng Zi year, the year of the Rat.
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