Chinese Almanac for 2023-03-09
2023-03-09 is Lunar month 2, day 18 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Bing Yin day in the Gui Mao (Rabbit) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2023-03-09 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 2, day 18 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Yin (Tiger) |
| Year zodiac | Rabbit |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Break ground (动土)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Build a warehouse (造仓)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Open for business (开市)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Grace (天恩), Four Images (四相), King's Day (王日), Five Riches (五富), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Universal Protection (普护), Five Harmony (五合), Azure Dragon (青龙), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Wandering Calamity (游祸), Blood Branch (血支), Return Taboo (归忌)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Monkey (Geng Shen 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.
Yin (Tiger) day: traditionally, sacrifices are not offered, as it is said the spirits will not partake.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Southwest |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | East |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | West |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2023-03-09 corresponds to Lunar month 2, day 18 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?
2023-03-09 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