Chinese Almanac for 2021-02-28
2021-02-28 is Lunar month 1, day 17 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ding Wei day in the Xin Chou (Ox) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2021-02-28 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 1, day 17 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Chou (Ox) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Yin (Tiger) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Wei (Goat) |
| Year zodiac | Ox |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Travel (出行)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Break ground (动土)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Move house (移徙)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Plant (栽种)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Open for business (开市)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Get a haircut (理发)
- Build the stove (作灶)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Virtue (天德), Four Images (四相), Reverent Peace (敬安), Jade Hall (玉堂)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Minor Depletion (小耗), Eight Specialization (八专)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Ox (Xin Chou day); traditionally best to avoid the West direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Ding (Yin Fire) day: traditionally, hair is not cut, as it is said sores will form on the head.
Wei (Goat) day: traditionally, medicine is not taken, as it is said poison will enter the intestines.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | South |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Southwest |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Northeast |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | West |
What is today's lunar date?
2021-02-28 corresponds to Lunar month 1, day 17 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?
2021-02-28 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