Chinese Almanac for 2023-12-24
2023-12-24 is Lunar month 11, day 12 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Bing Chen day in the Gui Mao (Rabbit) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2023-12-24 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 11, day 12 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Zi (Rat) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Chen (Dragon) |
| Year zodiac | Rabbit |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Break ground (动土)
- Hang a plaque (挂匾)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Open for business (开市)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Acquire property (置产)
- Make roof beams (作梁)
- Fell trees (伐木)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month Void (月空), Triple Harmony (三合), Day of Attendance (临日), Hour's Yin (时阴), Heaven's Granary (天仓), Sacred Heart (圣心)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Dead Energy (死气), Heaven's Prison (天牢)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Dog (Geng Xu 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.
Chen (Dragon) day: traditionally, weeping is avoided, as it is said to foretell a second death in the family.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Southwest |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | North |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | West |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2023-12-24 corresponds to Lunar month 11, day 12 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?
2023-12-24 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