Chinese Almanac for 2023-08-12
2023-08-12 is Lunar month 6, day 26 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ren Yin day in the Gui Mao (Rabbit) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2023-08-12 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 6, day 26 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Shen (Monkey) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Yin (Tiger) |
| Year zodiac | Rabbit |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Take a ritual bath (沐浴)
- Treat illness (治病)
- Demolish a house (破屋)
- Demolish a wall (坏垣)
- Avoid all other matters (馀事勿取)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Nothing advised today (诸事不宜)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Virtue (月德), Month's Grace (月恩), Four Images (四相), Post Horse (驿马), Heaven's Empress (天后), Sacred Heart (圣心), Untying Spirit (解神), Five Harmony (五合), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Breaker (月破), Great Depletion (大耗), Month Punishment (月刑), Heaven's Punishment (天刑)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Monkey (Bing Shen day); traditionally best to avoid the North direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Ren (Yang Water) day: traditionally, water is not released, as it is said it will be hard to contain.
Yin (Tiger) day: traditionally, sacrifices are not offered, as it is said the spirits will not partake.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | South |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | South |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | West |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | East |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2023-08-12 corresponds to Lunar month 6, day 26 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?
2023-08-12 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