Chinese Almanac for 2023-05-21
2023-05-21 is Lunar month 4, day 3 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ji Mao day in the Gui Mao (Rabbit) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2023-05-21 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 4, day 3 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Si (Snake) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Year zodiac | Rabbit |
| Solar term today | Grain Buds |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Open for business (开市)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Travel (出行)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Move house (移徙)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Visit the sick (探病)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Install a door (安门)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Break ground (动土)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Grace (天恩), Mother's Granary (母仓), Month's Grace (月恩), Four Images (四相), Yin Virtue (阴德), Hour's Yang (时阳), Vital Energy (生气), Universal Protection (普护), Five Harmony (五合)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Disaster Star (灾煞), Heaven's Fire (天火), Earth Pouch (地囊), Black Tortoise (元武)
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?
2023-05-21 corresponds to Lunar month 4, day 3 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?
2023-05-21 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