Chinese Almanac for 2023-03-13
2023-03-13 is Lunar month 2, day 22 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Geng Wu day in the Gui Mao (Rabbit) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2023-03-13 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 2, day 22 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Wu (Horse) |
| Year zodiac | Rabbit |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Level roads (平治道涂)
- Repair the wall (修饰垣墙)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Build a roof (盖屋)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Treat illness (治病)
- Visit the sick (探病)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month Void (月空), Hour's Virtue (时德), People's Day (民日), Benefiting Descendants (益后), Golden Chest (金匮), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
River Chief (河魁), Death God (死神), Heaven's Officer (天吏), Fatal Star (致死)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rat (Jia Zi day); traditionally best to avoid the North direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Geng (Yang Metal) day: traditionally, looms are not set up, as it is said the work will come to nothing.
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) | Northwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | East |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | East |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | South |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2023-03-13 corresponds to Lunar month 2, day 22 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?
2023-03-13 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