Chinese Almanac for 2023-01-05
2023-01-05 is Lunar month 12, day 14 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Gui Hai day in the Ren Yin (Tiger) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2023-01-05 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 12, day 14 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Yin (Tiger) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Chou (Ox) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Hai (Pig) |
| Year zodiac | Tiger |
| Solar term today | Minor Cold |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Sculpt or paint deity images (塑绘)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Take a ritual bath (沐浴)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Release water (放水)
- Build a livestock pen (造畜稠)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Travel (出行)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Yin Virtue (阴德), King's Day (王日), Post Horse (驿马), Heaven's Empress (天后), Hour's Yang (时阳), Vital Energy (生气), Benefiting Descendants (益后), Bright Hall (明堂)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Aversion (月厌), Earth Fire (地火), Four Exhaustions (四穷), Six Snakes (六蛇), Double Day (重日), Grand Meeting (大会), Yin Error (阴错)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Snake (Ding Si day); traditionally best to avoid the West direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Gui (Yin Water) day: traditionally, lawsuits are not filed, as it is said one's case will be weak and the opponent strong.
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) | Southeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | South |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Northeast |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | East |
What is today's lunar date?
2023-01-05 corresponds to Lunar month 12, day 14 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?
2023-01-05 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