Chinese Almanac for 2023-10-18
2023-10-18 is Lunar month 9, day 4 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ji You day in the Gui Mao (Rabbit) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2023-10-18 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 9, day 4 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Xu (Dog) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) You (Rooster) |
| Year zodiac | Rabbit |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Cut cloth for tailoring (裁衣)
- Get a haircut (理发)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Build a livestock pen (造畜稠)
- Release water (放水)
- Build a dike (筑堤)
- Repair a wall (补垣)
- Seal up holes and burrows (塞穴)
- Trim nails (整手足甲)
- Sweep the house (扫舍)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Dig a well (掘井)
- Install a door (安门)
- Plant (栽种)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Grace (天恩), Official's Day (官日), Removing Spirit (除神), Precious Light (宝光), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Harm (月害), Heaven's Officer (天吏), Fatal Star (致死), Blood Branch (血支), Five Separations (五离)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rabbit (Gui Mao day); traditionally best to avoid the East direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Ji (Yin Earth) day: traditionally, contracts are not torn up, as it is said both parties will suffer loss.
You (Rooster) day: traditionally, guests are not entertained, as it is said drunkenness will lead to madness.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | North |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | East |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | North |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2023-10-18 corresponds to Lunar month 9, day 4 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?
2023-10-18 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