Chinese Almanac for 2020-12-06
2020-12-06 is Lunar month 10, day 22 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Gui Wei day in the Geng Zi (Rat) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2020-12-06 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 10, day 22 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Zi (Rat) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Hai (Pig) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Wei (Goat) |
| Year zodiac | Rat |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Get a haircut (理发)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Plant (栽种)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Raise livestock (牧养)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Renovate a grave (修坟)
- Erect a tombstone (立碑)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- File a lawsuit (词讼)
- Move house (移徙)
- Travel (出行)
- Take office (赴任)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Grace (天恩), Triple Harmony (三合), Day of Attendance (临日), Heaven's Joy (天喜), Heaven's Physician (天医), Six Rites (六仪), Blessing Birth (福生), Bright Hall (明堂)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Facing Aversion (厌对), Beckoning Star (招摇), Four Strikes (四击), Departure and Loss (往亡), Water Dragon Contact (触水龙)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Ox (Ding Chou day); traditionally best to avoid the West direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Gui (Yin Water) day: traditionally, lawsuits are not filed, as it is said one's case will be weak and the opponent strong.
Wei (Goat) day: traditionally, medicine is not taken, as it is said poison will enter the intestines.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | South |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | North |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | East |
What is today's lunar date?
2020-12-06 corresponds to Lunar month 10, day 22 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?
2020-12-06 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