Chinese Almanac for 2021-12-20
2021-12-20 is Lunar month 11, day 17 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ren Yin day in the Xin Chou (Ox) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2021-12-20 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 11, day 17 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Chou (Ox) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Zi (Rat) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Yin (Tiger) |
| Year zodiac | Ox |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Open for business (开市)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Install machinery (安机械)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Virtue (月德), Hour's Virtue (时德), Minister's Day (相日), Post Horse (驿马), Heaven's Empress (天后), Heavenly Horse (天马), Heaven's Shaman (天巫), Blessing Virtue (福德), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Blessing Birth (福生), Five Harmony (五合), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Five Voids (五虚), Return Taboo (归忌), White Tiger (白虎)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Monkey (Bing Shen 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.
Yin (Tiger) day: traditionally, sacrifices are not offered, as it is said the spirits will not partake.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | South |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | South |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | West |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | East |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2021-12-20 corresponds to Lunar month 11, day 17 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?
2021-12-20 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