Chinese Almanac for 2021-08-15
2021-08-15 is Lunar month 7, day 8 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Yi Wei day in the Xin Chou (Ox) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2021-08-15 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 7, day 8 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Chou (Ox) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Shen (Monkey) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Wei (Goat) |
| Year zodiac | Ox |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Move house (移徙)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Break ground (动土)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Mother's Granary (母仓), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Golden Hall (金堂)
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)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Ox (Ji Chou day); traditionally best to avoid the West direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Yi (Yin Wood) day: traditionally, planting is avoided, as it is said a thousand saplings will not grow.
Wei (Goat) day: traditionally, medicine is not taken, as it is said poison will enter the intestines.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Northeast |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | North |
What is today's lunar date?
2021-08-15 corresponds to Lunar month 7, day 8 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?
2021-08-15 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