Chinese Almanac for 2021-09-17
2021-09-17 is Lunar month 8, day 11 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Wu Chen day in the Xin Chou (Ox) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2021-09-17 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 8, day 11 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Chou (Ox) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) You (Rooster) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Chen (Dragon) |
| Year zodiac | Ox |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Sculpt or paint deity images (塑绘)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Travel (出行)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Lay the foundation (起基)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Open for business (开市)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Thank the earth god (谢土)
- Hang a plaque (挂匾)
- Drill pillar mortises (开柱眼)
- Trade (交易)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Build a bridge (造桥)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Build a roof (盖屋)
- Dig a well (掘井)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Grace (天恩), Mother's Granary (母仓), Six Harmony (六合), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Reverent Peace (敬安)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Havoc (月煞), Month Emptiness (月虚), Four Strikes (四击), Heaven's Punishment (天刑)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Dog (Ren Xu day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Wu (Yang Earth) day: traditionally, land is not accepted, as it is said to be inauspicious for the landowner.
Chen (Dragon) day: traditionally, weeping is avoided, as it is said to foretell a second death in the family.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | North |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | East |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2021-09-17 corresponds to Lunar month 8, day 11 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?
2021-09-17 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