Chinese Almanac for 2022-08-21
2022-08-21 is Lunar month 7, day 24 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Bing Wu day in the Ren Yin (Tiger) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2022-08-21 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 7, day 24 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Yin (Tiger) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Shen (Monkey) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Wu (Horse) |
| Year zodiac | Tiger |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Travel (出行)
- Break ground (动土)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Dig a well (掘井)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Make roof beams (作梁)
- Install a door (安门)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Build a roof (盖屋)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month Void (月空), Heavenly Horse (天马), Hour's Yang (时阳), Vital Energy (生气), Jade Palace (玉宇), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Disaster Star (灾煞), Heaven's Fire (天火), White Tiger (白虎)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rat (Geng Zi day); traditionally best to avoid the North direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Bing (Yang Fire) day: traditionally, the stove is not repaired, as it is said disaster will follow.
Wu (Horse) day: traditionally, roofs are not thatched, as it is said the owner's fortune will change.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Southwest |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Northeast |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | West |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2022-08-21 corresponds to Lunar month 7, day 24 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?
2022-08-21 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