Chinese Almanac for 2020-09-30
2020-09-30 is Lunar month 8, day 14 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Bing Zi day in the Geng Zi (Rat) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2020-09-30 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 8, day 14 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Zi (Rat) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) You (Rooster) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Zi (Rat) |
| Year zodiac | Rat |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Take a ritual bath (沐浴)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Level roads (平治道涂)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Move house (移徙)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Open for business (开市)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Hour's Virtue (时德), Yang Virtue (阳德), People's Day (民日), Jade Palace (玉宇), Kitchen God (司命), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
River Chief (河魁), Death God (死神), Heaven's Officer (天吏), Fatal Star (致死), Departure and Loss (往亡), Water Dragon Contact (触水龙)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Horse (Geng Wu 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.
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) | Southwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Southwest |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | South |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | West |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2020-09-30 corresponds to Lunar month 8, day 14 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?
2020-09-30 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