Chinese Almanac for 2023-02-15
2023-02-15 is Lunar month 1, day 25 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Jia Chen day in the Gui Mao (Rabbit) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2023-02-15 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 1, day 25 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Yin (Tiger) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Chen (Dragon) |
| Year zodiac | Rabbit |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Raise livestock (牧养)
- Sculpt or paint deity images (塑绘)
- Get acupuncture (针灸)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Move house (移徙)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Separate households (分居)
- Install an altar (安香)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Open for business (开市)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Break ground (动土)
- Fell trees (伐木)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Guarding Day (守日), Heaven's Shaman (天巫), Blessing Virtue (福德), Six Rites (六仪), Golden Hall (金堂), Golden Chest (金匮)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Facing Aversion (厌对), Beckoning Star (招摇), Nine Voids (九空), Nine Pits (九坎), Nine Scorches (九焦), Repeat Day (复日)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Dog (Wu Xu day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Jia (Yang Wood) day: traditionally, warehouses are not opened, as it is said wealth will be squandered.
Chen (Dragon) day: traditionally, weeping is avoided, as it is said to foretell a second death in the family.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | West |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2023-02-15 corresponds to Lunar month 1, day 25 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?
2023-02-15 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