Chinese Almanac for 2020-09-10
2020-09-10 is Lunar month 7, day 23 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Bing Chen day in the Geng Zi (Rat) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2020-09-10 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 7, day 23 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Zi (Rat) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) You (Rooster) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Chen (Dragon) |
| Year zodiac | Rat |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Install an altar (安香)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Break ground (动土)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Install a door (安门)
- Lay the foundation (起基)
- Erect pillars (竖柱)
- Lay foundation stones (定磉)
- Dig a pond (开池)
- Move house (移徙)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Build a temple (造庙)
- Build a bridge (造桥)
- Build a boat (造船)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Mother's Granary (母仓), Six Harmony (六合), Reverent Peace (敬安)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Havoc (月煞), Month Emptiness (月虚), Four Strikes (四击), Heaven's Punishment (天刑)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Dog (Geng Xu day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Bing (Yang Fire) day: traditionally, the stove is not repaired, as it is said disaster will follow.
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) | Southwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Southwest |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | North |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | West |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2020-09-10 corresponds to Lunar month 7, day 23 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?
2020-09-10 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