Chinese Almanac for 2021-09-11
2021-09-11 is Lunar month 8, day 5 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ren Xu day in the Xin Chou (Ox) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2021-09-11 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 8, day 5 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Chou (Ox) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) You (Rooster) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Xu (Dog) |
| Year zodiac | Ox |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Travel (出行)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Carve (雕刻)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Break ground (动土)
- Lay the foundation (起基)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Close the roof ridge (合脊)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Move house (移徙)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Open for business (开市)
- Plant (栽种)
- Build a latrine (开厕)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Build a temple (造庙)
- Install a door (安门)
- Hold a funeral procession (行丧)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Mother's Granary (母仓), Four Images (四相), Guarding Day (守日), Auspicious Period (吉期), Continuing Generations (续世)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Harm (月害), Blood Taboo (血忌), Heaven's Prison (天牢)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Dragon (Bing Chen day); traditionally best to avoid the North direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Ren (Yang Water) day: traditionally, water is not released, as it is said it will be hard to contain.
Xu (Dog) day: traditionally, dog meat is not eaten, as it is said strange things will happen.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | South |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | South |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Northeast |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | East |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2021-09-11 corresponds to Lunar month 8, day 5 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?
2021-09-11 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