Chinese Almanac for 2023-02-05
2023-02-05 is Lunar month 1, day 15 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Jia Wu day in the Gui Mao (Rabbit) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2023-02-05 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 1, day 15 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Yin (Tiger) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Wu (Horse) |
| Year zodiac | Rabbit |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Sculpt or paint deity images (塑绘)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Give thanks to deities (酬神)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Cut cloth for tailoring (裁衣)
- Make bed curtains (合帐)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Break ground (动土)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Install an altar (安香)
- Build a temple (造庙)
- Hang a plaque (挂匾)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
- Travel (出行)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Collect wealth (纳财)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Release water (放水)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Take a ritual bath (沐浴)
- Install a door (安门)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Build a roof (盖屋)
- Plant (栽种)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Build the stove (作灶)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Hour's Virtue (时德), People's Day (民日), Triple Harmony (三合), Day of Attendance (临日), Heavenly Horse (天马), Hour's Yin (时阴), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Dead Energy (死气), Repeat Day (复日), White Tiger (白虎)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rat (Wu Zi day); traditionally best to avoid the North direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Jia (Yang Wood) day: traditionally, warehouses are not opened, as it is said wealth will be squandered.
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) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | East |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2023-02-05 corresponds to Lunar month 1, day 15 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?
2023-02-05 falls in the Gui Mao year, the year of the Rabbit.
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