Chinese Almanac for 2023-07-24

2023-07-24 is Lunar month 6, day 7 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Gui Wei day in the Gui Mao (Rabbit) year.

Key facts

Gregorian date 2023-07-24
Lunar date Lunar month 6, day 7
Year (Ganzhi) Gui (Yin Water) Mao (Rabbit)
Month (Ganzhi) Ji (Yin Earth) Wei (Goat)
Day (Ganzhi) Gui (Yin Water) Wei (Goat)
Year zodiac Rabbit

Auspicious for (宜)

  • Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
  • Travel (出行)
  • Trade (交易)
  • Harvest honey (割蜜)
  • Build a livestock pen (造畜稠)

Inauspicious for (忌)

  • Marry (嫁娶)
  • Build the stove (作灶)
  • Bury the deceased (安葬)
  • Break ground (动土)
  • File a lawsuit (词讼)
  • Make roof beams (作梁)
  • Fell trees (伐木)
  • Dig a well (掘井)
  • Break ground for burial (破土)
  • Move house (移徙)

Auspicious spirits (吉神)

Heaven's Grace (天恩), Guarding Day (守日), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Sacred Heart (圣心)

Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)

Month Establishment (月建), Minor Time (小时), Earth's Mansion (土府), Water Dragon Contact (触水龙), Black Tortoise (元武)

Clash & direction to avoid

Clashes with Ox (Ding Chou day); traditionally best to avoid the West direction.

Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos

Gui (Yin Water) day: traditionally, lawsuits are not filed, as it is said one's case will be weak and the opponent strong.

Wei (Goat) day: traditionally, medicine is not taken, as it is said poison will enter the intestines.

Auspicious directions

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

What is today's lunar date?

2023-07-24 corresponds to Lunar month 6, day 7 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?

2023-07-24 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