Chinese Almanac for 2023-03-22

2023-03-22 is Lunar month 2, day 1 (leap month) on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ji Mao day in the Gui Mao (Rabbit) year.

Key facts

Gregorian date 2023-03-22
Lunar date Lunar month 2, day 1 (leap month)
Year (Ganzhi) Gui (Yin Water) Mao (Rabbit)
Month (Ganzhi) Yi (Yin Wood) Mao (Rabbit)
Day (Ganzhi) Ji (Yin Earth) Mao (Rabbit)
Year zodiac Rabbit

Auspicious for (宜)

  • Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
  • Travel (出行)
  • Marry (嫁娶)
  • Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
  • Set up a bed (安床)
  • Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
  • Move the coffin (移柩)
  • Bury the deceased (安葬)

Inauspicious for (忌)

  • Dig a well (掘井)
  • Break ground (动土)
  • Build the stove (作灶)
  • Plant (栽种)

Auspicious spirits (吉神)

Month's Virtue Combination (月德合), Heaven's Grace (天恩), Official's Day (官日), Six Rites (六仪), Blessing Birth (福生), Five Harmony (五合), Bright Hall (明堂)

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), Minor Meeting (小会)

Clash & direction to avoid

Clashes with Rooster (Gui You day); traditionally best to avoid the West direction.

Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos

Ji (Yin Earth) day: traditionally, contracts are not torn up, as it is said both parties will suffer loss.

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) Northeast
God of Fortune (福神) North
God of Wealth (财神) North
Tai Sui (太岁) South
Yang Noble God (阳贵神) North
Yin Noble God (阴贵神) Southwest

What is today's lunar date?

2023-03-22 corresponds to Lunar month 2, day 1 (leap month) 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?

2023-03-22 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