Chinese Almanac for 2022-02-03
2022-02-03 is Lunar month 1, day 3 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ding Hai day in the Ren Yin (Tiger) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2022-02-03 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 1, day 3 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Yin (Tiger) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Chou (Ox) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Hai (Pig) |
| Year zodiac | Tiger |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Open for business (开市)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Collect wealth (纳财)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Build a livestock pen (造畜稠)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Move house (移徙)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Break ground (动土)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Plant (栽种)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Get a haircut (理发)
- Build a temple (造庙)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Hold a funeral procession (行丧)
- Build a bridge (造桥)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Yin Virtue (阴德), King's Day (王日), Post Horse (驿马), Heaven's Empress (天后), Hour's Yin (时阴), Vital Energy (生气), Benefiting Descendants (益后), Bright Hall (明堂)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Aversion (月厌), Earth Fire (地火), Double Day (重日)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Snake (Xin Si day); traditionally best to avoid the West direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Ding (Yin Fire) day: traditionally, hair is not cut, as it is said sores will form on the head.
Hai (Pig) day: traditionally, marriages are not held, as it is said it will be unlucky for the groom.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | South |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Southwest |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Northeast |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | West |
What is today's lunar date?
2022-02-03 corresponds to Lunar month 1, day 3 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?
2022-02-03 falls in the Ren Yin year, the year of the Tiger.
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