Chinese Almanac for 2040-01-09
2040-01-09 is Lunar month 11, day 25 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Bing Shen day in the Ji Wei (Goat) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2040-01-09 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 11, day 25 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Wei (Goat) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Chou (Ox) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Shen (Monkey) |
| Year zodiac | Goat |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Install an altar (安香)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Collect wealth (纳财)
- Open for business (开市)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Cut cloth for tailoring (裁衣)
- Build a roof (盖屋)
- Lay the foundation (起基)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Break ground (动土)
- Install a door (安门)
- Move house (移徙)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Plant (栽种)
- Raise livestock (牧养)
- Hunt (畋猎)
- Dig a well (掘井)
- Dig a pond (开池)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
- Erect a tombstone (立碑)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Build a temple (造庙)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Thank the earth god (谢土)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Mother's Granary (母仓), Yang Virtue (阳德), Five Riches (五富), Blessing Birth (福生), Removing Spirit (除神), Kitchen God (司命), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Wandering Calamity (游祸), Five Separations (五离)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Tiger (Geng Yin day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Bing (Yang Fire) day: traditionally, the stove is not repaired, as it is said disaster will follow.
Shen (Monkey) day: traditionally, beds are not set up, as it is said spirits will enter the room.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Southwest |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southwest |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | West |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2040-01-09 corresponds to Lunar month 11, day 25 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?
2040-01-09 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