Chinese Almanac for 2023-12-18
2023-12-18 is Lunar month 11, day 6 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Geng Xu day in the Gui Mao (Rabbit) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2023-12-18 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 11, day 6 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Zi (Rat) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Xu (Dog) |
| Year zodiac | Rabbit |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Make roof beams (作梁)
- Break ground (动土)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Dig a well (掘井)
- Plant (栽种)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Travel (出行)
- Take office (赴任)
- Build a roof (盖屋)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Move house (移徙)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Grace (天恩), Hour's Yang (时阳), Vital Energy (生气)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Five Voids (五虚), Nine Voids (九空), Departure and Loss (往亡), Heaven's Punishment (天刑)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Dragon (Jia Chen day); traditionally best to avoid the North 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.
Xu (Dog) day: traditionally, dog meat is not eaten, as it is said strange things will happen.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | East |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | East |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | South |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2023-12-18 corresponds to Lunar month 11, day 6 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?
2023-12-18 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