Chinese Almanac for 2021-11-09
2021-11-09 is Lunar month 10, day 5 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Xin You day in the Xin Chou (Ox) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2021-11-09 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 10, day 5 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Chou (Ox) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Hai (Pig) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) You (Rooster) |
| Year zodiac | Ox |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Take a ritual bath (沐浴)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Travel (出行)
- Get a haircut (理发)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Lay the foundation (起基)
- Break ground (动土)
- Lay foundation stones (定磉)
- Install a millstone (安碓磑)
- Dig a pond (开池)
- Dig a well (掘井)
- Sweep the house (扫舍)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Erect a tombstone (立碑)
- Thank the earth god (谢土)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Move house (移徙)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Install a door (安门)
- Make roof beams (作梁)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Mother's Granary (母仓), Hour's Yang (时阳), Vital Energy (生气), Sacred Heart (圣心), Removing Spirit (除神), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Disaster Star (灾煞), Heaven's Fire (天火), Four Depletions (四耗), Five Separations (五离), Vermilion Bird (朱雀)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rabbit (Yi Mao day); traditionally best to avoid the East direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Xin (Yin Metal) day: traditionally, sauce is not made, as it is said the owner will never taste it.
You (Rooster) day: traditionally, guests are not entertained, as it is said drunkenness will lead to madness.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | East |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Northeast |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | South |
What is today's lunar date?
2021-11-09 corresponds to Lunar month 10, 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?
2021-11-09 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