Chinese Almanac for 2021-02-05
2021-02-05 is Lunar month 12, day 24 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Jia Shen day in the Geng Zi (Rat) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2021-02-05 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 12, day 24 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Zi (Rat) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Yin (Tiger) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Shen (Monkey) |
| Year zodiac | Rat |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Take a ritual bath (沐浴)
- Seek medical treatment (求医)
- Treat illness (治病)
- Sweep the house (扫舍)
- Demolish a house (破屋)
- Demolish a wall (坏垣)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Avoid all other matters (馀事勿取)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Open for business (开市)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Post Horse (驿马), Heaven's Empress (天后), Universal Protection (普护), Untying Spirit (解神), Removing Spirit (除神), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Breaker (月破), Great Depletion (大耗), Repeat Day (复日), Five Separations (五离), Heaven's Prison (天牢)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Tiger (Wu Yin day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Jia (Yang Wood) day: traditionally, warehouses are not opened, as it is said wealth will be squandered.
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) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Northeast |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2021-02-05 corresponds to Lunar month 12, day 24 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?
2021-02-05 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