Chinese Almanac for 2023-10-11
2023-10-11 is Lunar month 8, day 27 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ren Yin day in the Gui Mao (Rabbit) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2023-10-11 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 8, day 27 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Xu (Dog) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Yin (Tiger) |
| Year zodiac | Rabbit |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Move house (移徙)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month Void (月空), Four Images (四相), Yang Virtue (阳德), Triple Harmony (三合), Day of Attendance (临日), Hour's Yin (时阴), Five Harmony (五合), Kitchen God (司命), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Aversion (月厌), Earth Fire (地火), Dead Energy (死气), Nine Pits (九坎), Nine Scorches (九焦), Resolved Wrongs (了戾)
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?
2023-10-11 corresponds to Lunar month 8, 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?
2023-10-11 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