Chinese Almanac for 2023-05-06
2023-05-06 is Lunar month 3, day 17 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Jia Zi day in the Gui Mao (Rabbit) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2023-05-06 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 3, day 17 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Si (Snake) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Zi (Rat) |
| Year zodiac | Rabbit |
| Solar term today | Start of Summer |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Travel (出行)
- Break ground (动土)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Move house (移徙)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month Void (月空), Heaven's Grace (天恩), Heavenly Horse (天马), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Heaven's Officer (天吏), Fatal Star (致死), Five Voids (五虚), White Tiger (白虎)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Horse (Wu Wu 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.
Zi (Rat) day: traditionally, diviners are not consulted, as it is said doing so brings calamity on oneself.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | East |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2023-05-06 corresponds to Lunar month 3, day 17 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?
2023-05-06 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