Chinese Almanac for 2021-09-21
2021-09-21 is Lunar month 8, day 15 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ren Shen day in the Xin Chou (Ox) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2021-09-21 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 8, day 15 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Chou (Ox) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) You (Rooster) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Shen (Monkey) |
| Year zodiac | Ox |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Cut cloth for tailoring (裁衣)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Install machinery (安机械)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Break ground (动土)
- Lay the foundation (起基)
- Move house (移徙)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Build a warehouse (造仓)
- Set up a loom (经络)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Open for business (开市)
- Trade (交易)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Four Images (四相), King's Day (王日), Heavenly Horse (天马), Five Riches (五富), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Sacred Heart (圣心), Removing Spirit (除神), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Wandering Calamity (游祸), Blood Branch (血支), Five Separations (五离), White Tiger (白虎)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Tiger (Bing Yin day); traditionally best to avoid the South 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.
Shen (Monkey) day: traditionally, beds are not set up, as it is said spirits will enter the room.
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?
2021-09-21 corresponds to Lunar month 8, day 15 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?
2021-09-21 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