Chinese Almanac for 2021-02-22
2021-02-22 is Lunar month 1, day 11 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Xin Chou day in the Xin Chou (Ox) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2021-02-22 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 1, day 11 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Chou (Ox) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Yin (Tiger) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Chou (Ox) |
| Year zodiac | Ox |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Dig a well (掘井)
- Get acupuncture (针灸)
- Travel (出行)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Move house (移徙)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Break ground (动土)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Virtue Combination (月德合), 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 (Yi Wei day); traditionally best to avoid the East direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Xin (Yin Metal) day: traditionally, sauce is not made, as it is said the owner will never taste it.
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) | Southwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | East |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | West |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | South |
What is today's lunar date?
2021-02-22 corresponds to Lunar month 1, day 11 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?
2021-02-22 falls in the Xin Chou year, the year of the Ox.
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