Chinese Almanac for 2022-05-18
2022-05-18 is Lunar month 4, day 18 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Xin Wei day in the Ren Yin (Tiger) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2022-05-18 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 4, day 18 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Yin (Tiger) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Si (Snake) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Wei (Goat) |
| Year zodiac | Tiger |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Build a livestock pen (造畜稠)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Open for business (开市)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Virtue (天德), Guarding Day (守日), Heaven's Shaman (天巫), Blessing Virtue (福德), Benefiting Descendants (益后), Bright Hall (明堂)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Aversion (月厌), Earth Fire (地火), Nine Voids (九空), Nine Pits (九坎), Nine Scorches (九焦), Great Havoc (大煞), Lone Branch (孤辰)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Ox (Yi Chou day); traditionally best to avoid the West 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.
Wei (Goat) day: traditionally, medicine is not taken, as it is said poison will enter the intestines.
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?
2022-05-18 corresponds to Lunar month 4, 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?
2022-05-18 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