Chinese Almanac for 2038-07-23

2038-07-23 is Lunar month 6, day 22 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Xin Chou day in the Wu Wu (Horse) year.

Key facts

Gregorian date 2038-07-23
Lunar date Lunar month 6, day 22
Year (Ganzhi) Wu (Yang Earth) Wu (Horse)
Month (Ganzhi) Ji (Yin Earth) Wei (Goat)
Day (Ganzhi) Xin (Yin Metal) Chou (Ox)
Year zodiac Horse
Solar term today Major Heat

Auspicious for (宜)

  • Demolish a house (破屋)
  • Demolish a wall (坏垣)
  • Perform a purification ritual (解除)
  • Avoid all other matters (馀事勿取)

Inauspicious for (忌)

  • Marry (嫁娶)
  • Bury the deceased (安葬)

Auspicious spirits (吉神)

Month's Grace (月恩)

Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)

Month Breaker (月破), Great Depletion (大耗), Month Punishment (月刑), Four Strikes (四击), Nine Voids (九空), Vermilion Bird (朱雀)

Clash & direction to avoid

Clashes with Goat (Yi Wei day); traditionally best to avoid the East 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.

Chou (Ox) day: traditionally, a capping ceremony is not held, as it is said the honoree will not return home.

Auspicious directions

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

What is today's lunar date?

2038-07-23 corresponds to Lunar month 6, day 22 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?

2038-07-23 falls in the Wu Wu year, the year of the Horse.

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