Chinese Almanac for 2020-10-06
2020-10-06 is Lunar month 8, day 20 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ren Wu day in the Geng Zi (Rat) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2020-10-06 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 8, day 20 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Zi (Rat) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) You (Rooster) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Wu (Horse) |
| Year zodiac | Rat |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Get a haircut (理发)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Get acupuncture (针灸)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Visit the sick (探病)
- Dig a canal (开渠)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Grace (天恩), Four Images (四相), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Blessing Birth (福生), Golden Chest (金匮), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Heaven's Net (天罡), Great Time (大时), Great Defeat (大败), Peach Blossom Pond (咸池), Heaven's Thief (天贼), Nine Pits (九坎), Nine Scorches (九焦)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rat (Bing Zi day); traditionally best to avoid the North direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Ren (Yang Water) day: traditionally, water is not released, as it is said it will be hard to contain.
Wu (Horse) day: traditionally, roofs are not thatched, as it is said the owner's fortune will change.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | South |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | South |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | North |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | East |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2020-10-06 corresponds to Lunar month 8, 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?
2020-10-06 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