Chinese Almanac for 2039-03-16

2039-03-16 is Lunar month 2, day 22 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ding You day in the Ji Wei (Goat) year.

Key facts

Gregorian date 2039-03-16
Lunar date Lunar month 2, day 22
Year (Ganzhi) Ji (Yin Earth) Wei (Goat)
Month (Ganzhi) Ding (Yin Fire) Mao (Rabbit)
Day (Ganzhi) Ding (Yin Fire) You (Rooster)
Year zodiac Goat

Auspicious for (宜)

  • Demolish a house (破屋)
  • Demolish a wall (坏垣)
  • Seek medical treatment (求医)
  • Treat illness (治病)
  • Avoid all other matters (馀事勿取)

Inauspicious for (忌)

  • Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
  • Marry (嫁娶)

Auspicious spirits (吉神)

Month's Grace (月恩), Four Images (四相), Jade Palace (玉宇), Removing Spirit (除神), Jade Hall (玉堂), Barking Dog (鸣吠)

Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)

Month Breaker (月破), Great Depletion (大耗), Disaster Star (灾煞), Heaven's Fire (天火), Month Aversion (月厌), Earth Fire (地火), Five Voids (五虚), Five Separations (五离)

Clash & direction to avoid

Clashes with Rabbit (Xin Mao day); traditionally best to avoid the East direction.

Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos

Ding (Yin Fire) day: traditionally, hair is not cut, as it is said sores will form on the head.

You (Rooster) day: traditionally, guests are not entertained, as it is said drunkenness will lead to madness.

Auspicious directions

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

What is today's lunar date?

2039-03-16 corresponds to Lunar month 2, 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?

2039-03-16 falls in the Ji Wei year, the year of the Goat.

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