Chinese Almanac for 2023-07-11
2023-07-11 is Lunar month 5, day 24 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Geng Wu day in the Gui Mao (Rabbit) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2023-07-11 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 5, day 24 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Wei (Goat) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Wu (Horse) |
| Year zodiac | Rabbit |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Repair a wall (补垣)
- Seal up holes and burrows (塞穴)
- Make fishing nets (结网)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Avoid all other matters (馀事勿取)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Nothing advised today (诸事不宜)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month Void (月空), Official's Day (官日), Six Harmony (六合), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Heaven's Officer (天吏), Fatal Star (致死), Blood Branch (血支), Departure and Loss (往亡), Heaven's Prison (天牢)
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?
2023-07-11 corresponds to Lunar month 5, day 24 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?
2023-07-11 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