Chinese Almanac for 2023-09-16
2023-09-16 is Lunar month 8, day 2 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ding Chou day in the Gui Mao (Rabbit) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2023-09-16 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 8, day 2 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) You (Rooster) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Chou (Ox) |
| Year zodiac | Rabbit |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Take a ritual bath (沐浴)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Travel (出行)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Break ground (动土)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
- Open for business (开市)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Move house (移徙)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Plant (栽种)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- None (无)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Mother's Granary (母仓), Triple Harmony (三合), Hour's Yin (时阴), Golden Hall (金堂)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Dead Energy (死气), Gouchen — Yellow Dragon (勾陈)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Goat (Xin Wei day); traditionally best to avoid the East direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Ding (Yin Fire) day: traditionally, hair is not cut, as it is said sores will form on the head.
Chou (Ox) day: traditionally, a capping ceremony is not held, as it is said the honoree will not return home.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | South |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Southwest |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | South |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | West |
What is today's lunar date?
2023-09-16 corresponds to Lunar month 8, day 2 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?
2023-09-16 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