Chinese Almanac for 2031-08-02

2031-08-02 is Lunar month 6, day 15 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Jia Xu day in the Xin Hai (Pig) year.

Key facts

Gregorian date 2031-08-02
Lunar date Lunar month 6, day 15
Year (Ganzhi) Xin (Yin Metal) Hai (Pig)
Month (Ganzhi) Yi (Yin Wood) Wei (Goat)
Day (Ganzhi) Jia (Yang Wood) Xu (Dog)
Year zodiac Pig

Auspicious for (宜)

  • Marry (嫁娶)
  • Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
  • Cut cloth for tailoring (裁衣)
  • Make fishing nets (结网)
  • Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
  • Take a ritual bath (沐浴)

Inauspicious for (忌)

  • Open a warehouse (开仓)
  • Sell goods (出货财)
  • Acquire property (置产)
  • Bury the deceased (安葬)
  • Break ground (动土)
  • Break ground for burial (破土)
  • Dig a well (掘井)
  • Plant (栽种)

Auspicious spirits (吉神)

Heaven's Virtue (天德), Month's Virtue (月德), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Essential Peace (要安), Azure Dragon (青龙)

Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)

River Chief (河魁), Death God (死神), Month Havoc (月煞), Month Emptiness (月虚), Earth Talisman (土符)

Clash & direction to avoid

Clashes with Dragon (Wu Chen day); traditionally best to avoid the North direction.

Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos

Jia (Yang Wood) day: traditionally, warehouses are not opened, as it is said wealth will be squandered.

Xu (Dog) day: traditionally, dog meat is not eaten, as it is said strange things will happen.

Auspicious directions

God of Joy (喜神) Northeast
God of Fortune (福神) North
God of Wealth (财神) Northeast
Tai Sui (太岁) North
Yang Noble God (阳贵神) Southwest
Yin Noble God (阴贵神) Northeast

What is today's lunar date?

2031-08-02 corresponds to Lunar month 6, day 15 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?

2031-08-02 falls in the Xin Hai year, the year of the Pig.

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