Chinese Almanac for 2023-01-07
2023-01-07 is Lunar month 12, day 16 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Yi Chou day in the Ren Yin (Tiger) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2023-01-07 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 12, day 16 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Yin (Tiger) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Chou (Ox) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Chou (Ox) |
| Year zodiac | Tiger |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Avoid all other matters (馀事勿取)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Nothing advised today (诸事不宜)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Virtue Combination (天德合), Month's Virtue Combination (月德合), Heaven's Grace (天恩), Four Images (四相), Guarding Day (守日), Essential Peace (要安)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Establishment (月建), Minor Time (小时), Earth's Mansion (土府), Departure and Loss (往亡), Vermilion Bird (朱雀)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Goat (Ji Wei day); traditionally best to avoid the East direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Yi (Yin Wood) day: traditionally, planting is avoided, as it is said a thousand saplings will not grow.
Chou (Ox) day: traditionally, a capping ceremony is not held, as it is said the honoree will not return home.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | East |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | North |
What is today's lunar date?
2023-01-07 corresponds to Lunar month 12, day 16 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?
2023-01-07 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