Chinese Almanac for 2023-05-10
2023-05-10 is Lunar month 3, day 21 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Wu Chen day in the Gui Mao (Rabbit) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2023-05-10 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 3, day 21 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Si (Snake) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Chen (Dragon) |
| Year zodiac | Rabbit |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Cut cloth for tailoring (裁衣)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Travel (出行)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- 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)
- Take office (赴任)
- Hunt or trap (捕捉)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Grace (天恩), Four Images (四相), Hour's Virtue (时德), Yang Virtue (阳德), Blessing Birth (福生), Kitchen God (司命)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Havoc (月煞), Month Emptiness (月虚), Blood Branch (血支), Five Voids (五虚), Extinct Yin (绝阴)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Dog (Ren Xu day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Wu (Yang Earth) day: traditionally, land is not accepted, as it is said to be inauspicious for the landowner.
Chen (Dragon) day: traditionally, weeping is avoided, as it is said to foretell a second death in the family.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | North |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | East |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2023-05-10 corresponds to Lunar month 3, day 21 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?
2023-05-10 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