Chinese Almanac for 2023-10-09
2023-10-09 is Lunar month 8, day 25 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Geng Zi day in the Gui Mao (Rabbit) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2023-10-09 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 8, day 25 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Xu (Dog) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Zi (Rat) |
| Year zodiac | Rabbit |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Get acupuncture (针灸)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Open for business (开市)
- Break ground (动土)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Grace (月恩), Hour's Virtue (时德), People's Day (民日), Heaven's Shaman (天巫), Blessing Virtue (福德), Universal Protection (普护), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Disaster Star (灾煞), Heaven's Fire (天火), Four Taboos (四忌), Nine Tigers (九虎), Great Havoc (大煞), Return Taboo (归忌), Heaven's Prison (天牢)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Horse (Jia Wu day); traditionally best to avoid the South 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.
Zi (Rat) day: traditionally, diviners are not consulted, as it is said doing so brings calamity on oneself.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | East |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | West |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | South |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2023-10-09 corresponds to Lunar month 8, day 25 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?
2023-10-09 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