Chinese Almanac for 2021-05-06
2021-05-06 is Lunar month 3, day 25 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Jia Yin day in the Xin Chou (Ox) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2021-05-06 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 3, day 25 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Chou (Ox) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Si (Snake) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Yin (Tiger) |
| Year zodiac | Ox |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Plant (栽种)
- Hunt or trap (捕捉)
- Hunt (畋猎)
- Avoid all other matters (馀事勿取)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Open for business (开市)
- Break ground (动土)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Visit the sick (探病)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month Void (月空), Mother's Granary (母仓), Reverent Peace (敬安), Five Harmony (五合), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Heaven's Net (天罡), Robbery Star (劫煞), Month Harm (月害), Earth Talisman (土符), Eight Specialization (八专), Heaven's Prison (天牢)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Monkey (Wu Shen day); traditionally best to avoid the North direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Jia (Yang Wood) day: traditionally, warehouses are not opened, as it is said wealth will be squandered.
Yin (Tiger) day: traditionally, sacrifices are not offered, as it is said the spirits will not partake.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | North |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2021-05-06 corresponds to Lunar month 3, day 25 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?
2021-05-06 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