Chinese Almanac for 2023-03-10
2023-03-10 is Lunar month 2, day 19 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ding Mao day in the Gui Mao (Rabbit) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2023-03-10 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 2, day 19 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Year zodiac | Rabbit |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Sculpt or paint deity images (塑绘)
- Give thanks to deities (酬神)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Cut cloth for tailoring (裁衣)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Open for business (开市)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Erect a tombstone (立碑)
- Take office (赴任)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Travel (出行)
- Trade (交易)
- Erect pillars (竖柱)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Dig a well (掘井)
- Break ground (动土)
- Plant (栽种)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Grace (天恩), Month's Grace (月恩), Four Images (四相), Official's Day (官日), Six Rites (六仪), Blessing Birth (福生), Five Harmony (五合), Bright Hall (明堂), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Establishment (月建), Minor Time (小时), Earth's Mansion (土府), Facing Aversion (厌对), Beckoning Star (招摇)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rooster (Xin You day); traditionally best to avoid the West direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Ding (Yin Fire) day: traditionally, hair is not cut, as it is said sores will form on the head.
Mao (Rabbit) day: traditionally, wells are not dug, as it is said the spring water will turn foul.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | South |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Southwest |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | East |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | West |
What is today's lunar date?
2023-03-10 corresponds to Lunar month 2, day 19 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?
2023-03-10 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