Chinese Almanac for 2021-08-07
2021-08-07 is Lunar month 6, day 29 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ding Hai day in the Xin Chou (Ox) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2021-08-07 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 6, day 29 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Chou (Ox) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Shen (Monkey) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Hai (Pig) |
| Year zodiac | Ox |
| Solar term today | Start of Autumn |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Travel (出行)
- Take a ritual bath (沐浴)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Cut cloth for tailoring (裁衣)
- Erect pillars (竖柱)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Move house (移徙)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Raise livestock (牧养)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Install a door (安门)
- Break ground (动土)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Virtue Combination (月德合), Minister's Day (相日), Universal Protection (普护)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Heaven's Net (天罡), Death God (死神), Month Harm (月害), Wandering Calamity (游祸), Five Voids (五虚), Eight Winds (八风), Earth Pouch (地囊), Double Day (重日), Gouchen — Yellow Dragon (勾陈)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Snake (Xin Si 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.
Hai (Pig) day: traditionally, marriages are not held, as it is said it will be unlucky for the groom.
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?
2021-08-07 corresponds to Lunar month 6, 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?
2021-08-07 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