Chinese Almanac for 2021-07-12
2021-07-12 is Lunar month 6, day 3 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Xin You day in the Xin Chou (Ox) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2021-07-12 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 6, day 3 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Chou (Ox) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Wei (Goat) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) You (Rooster) |
| Year zodiac | Ox |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Sculpt or paint deity images (塑绘)
- Travel (出行)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
- Cut cloth for tailoring (裁衣)
- Take in a son-in-law (纳婿)
- Build a livestock pen (造畜稠)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Raise livestock (牧养)
- Build a grave in advance while living (开生坟)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- None (无)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Grace (月恩), People's Day (民日), Heaven's Shaman (天巫), Blessing Virtue (福德), Heaven's Granary (天仓), Continuing Generations (续世), Removing Spirit (除神), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Disaster Star (灾煞), Heaven's Fire (天火), Blood Taboo (血忌), Five Separations (五离), Gouchen — Yellow Dragon (勾陈)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rabbit (Yi Mao 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.
You (Rooster) day: traditionally, guests are not entertained, as it is said drunkenness will lead to madness.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | East |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Northeast |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | South |
What is today's lunar date?
2021-07-12 corresponds to Lunar month 6, day 3 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?
2021-07-12 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