Chinese Almanac for 2021-11-22
2021-11-22 is Lunar month 10, day 18 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Jia Xu day in the Xin Chou (Ox) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2021-11-22 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 10, day 18 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Chou (Ox) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Hai (Pig) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Xu (Dog) |
| Year zodiac | Ox |
| Solar term today | Minor Snow |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Travel (出行)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Erect a tombstone (立碑)
- Make fishing nets (结网)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Build the stove (作灶)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Virtue (月德), Four Images (四相), Benefiting Descendants (益后), Golden Chest (金匮)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Havoc (月煞), Month Emptiness (月虚), Blood Branch (血支), Five Voids (五虚), Eight Winds (八风)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Dragon (Wu Chen day); traditionally best to avoid the North direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Jia (Yang Wood) day: traditionally, warehouses are not opened, as it is said wealth will be squandered.
Xu (Dog) day: traditionally, dog meat is not eaten, as it is said strange things will happen.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Northeast |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2021-11-22 corresponds to Lunar month 10, day 18 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?
2021-11-22 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