Chinese Almanac for 2020-12-19
2020-12-19 is Lunar month 11, day 5 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Bing Shen day in the Geng Zi (Rat) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2020-12-19 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 11, day 5 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Zi (Rat) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Zi (Rat) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Shen (Monkey) |
| Year zodiac | Rat |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Sculpt or paint deity images (塑绘)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Travel (出行)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Move house (移徙)
- Build a boat (造船)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Renovate a grave (修坟)
- Erect a tombstone (立碑)
- Thank the earth god (谢土)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- None (无)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month Void (月空), Mother's Granary (母仓), Triple Harmony (三合), Heaven's Joy (天喜), Heaven's Physician (天医), Jade Palace (玉宇), Removing Spirit (除神), Azure Dragon (青龙), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Nine Pits (九坎), Nine Scorches (九焦), Earth Talisman (土符), Great Havoc (大煞), Five Separations (五离)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Tiger (Geng Yin 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.
Shen (Monkey) day: traditionally, beds are not set up, as it is said spirits will enter the room.
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?
2020-12-19 corresponds to Lunar month 11, day 5 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?
2020-12-19 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