Chinese Almanac for 2021-02-10
2021-02-10 is Lunar month 12, day 29 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ji Chou day in the Geng Zi (Rat) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2021-02-10 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 12, day 29 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Zi (Rat) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Yin (Tiger) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Chou (Ox) |
| Year zodiac | Rat |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Give thanks to deities (酬神)
- Cut cloth for tailoring (裁衣)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Trade (交易)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Thank the earth god (谢土)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Travel (出行)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Break ground (动土)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Continuing Generations (续世), Bright Hall (明堂)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Havoc (月煞), Month Emptiness (月虚), Blood Branch (血支), Heaven's Thief (天贼), Five Voids (五虚), Earth Talisman (土符), Return Taboo (归忌), Blood Taboo (血忌)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Goat (Gui Wei day); traditionally best to avoid the East direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Ji (Yin Earth) day: traditionally, contracts are not torn up, as it is said both parties will suffer loss.
Chou (Ox) day: traditionally, a capping ceremony is not held, as it is said the honoree will not return home.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | North |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Center |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | North |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2021-02-10 corresponds to Lunar month 12, day 29 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?
2021-02-10 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