Chinese Almanac for 2023-11-09
2023-11-09 is Lunar month 9, day 26 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Xin Wei day in the Gui Mao (Rabbit) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2023-11-09 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 9, day 26 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Hai (Pig) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Wei (Goat) |
| Year zodiac | Rabbit |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Cut cloth for tailoring (裁衣)
- Make bed curtains (合帐)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Install machinery (安机械)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Build a livestock pen (造畜稠)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Thank the earth god (谢土)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Erect pillars (竖柱)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Set up a loom (经络)
- Open for business (开市)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Collect wealth (纳财)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Build a dike (筑堤)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Treat illness (治病)
- Take office (赴任)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Triple Harmony (三合), Day of Attendance (临日), Heaven's Joy (天喜), Heaven's Physician (天医), Six Rites (六仪), Blessing Birth (福生), Bright Hall (明堂)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Facing Aversion (厌对), Beckoning Star (招摇), Four Strikes (四击), Departure and Loss (往亡)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Ox (Yi Chou day); traditionally best to avoid the West direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Xin (Yin Metal) day: traditionally, sauce is not made, as it is said the owner will never taste it.
Wei (Goat) day: traditionally, medicine is not taken, as it is said poison will enter the intestines.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | East |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | East |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | South |
What is today's lunar date?
2023-11-09 corresponds to Lunar month 9, day 26 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?
2023-11-09 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