Chinese Almanac for 2023-08-13

2023-08-13 is Lunar month 6, day 27 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Gui Mao day in the Gui Mao (Rabbit) year.

Key facts

Gregorian date 2023-08-13
Lunar date Lunar month 6, day 27
Year (Ganzhi) Gui (Yin Water) Mao (Rabbit)
Month (Ganzhi) Geng (Yang Metal) Shen (Monkey)
Day (Ganzhi) Gui (Yin Water) Mao (Rabbit)
Year zodiac Rabbit

Auspicious for (宜)

  • Marry (嫁娶)
  • Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
  • Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
  • Travel (出行)
  • Open for business (开市)
  • Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
  • Pray for blessings (祈福)
  • Move house (移徙)
  • Move into a new home (入宅)
  • Exhume for reburial (启钻)
  • Bury the deceased (安葬)

Inauspicious for (忌)

  • Break ground (动土)
  • Break ground for burial (破土)

Auspicious spirits (吉神)

Heaven's Virtue (天德), Four Images (四相), Benefiting Descendants (益后), Five Harmony (五合), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)

Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)

Heaven's Officer (天吏), Fatal Star (致死), Five Voids (五虚), Earth Talisman (土符), Vermilion Bird (朱雀)

Clash & direction to avoid

Clashes with Rooster (Ding You day); traditionally best to avoid the West direction.

Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos

Gui (Yin Water) day: traditionally, lawsuits are not filed, as it is said one's case will be weak and the opponent strong.

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) Southeast
God of Fortune (福神) Northeast
God of Wealth (财神) South
Tai Sui (太岁) West
Yang Noble God (阳贵神) Southeast
Yin Noble God (阴贵神) East

What is today's lunar date?

2023-08-13 corresponds to Lunar month 6, day 27 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?

2023-08-13 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