Chinese Almanac for 2024-01-06
2024-01-06 is Lunar month 11, day 25 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ji Si day in the Gui Mao (Rabbit) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2024-01-06 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 11, day 25 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Chou (Ox) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Si (Snake) |
| Year zodiac | Rabbit |
| Solar term today | Minor Cold |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Break ground (动土)
- Erect pillars (竖柱)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Sculpt or paint deity images (塑绘)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Move house (移徙)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Install an altar (安香)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Travel (出行)
- Treat illness (治病)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Open for business (开市)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Triple Harmony (三合), Hour's Yin (时阴), Six Rites (六仪), Jade Hall (玉堂)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Facing Aversion (厌对), Beckoning Star (招摇), Dead Energy (死气), Nine Pits (九坎), Nine Scorches (九焦), Repeat Day (复日), Double Day (重日)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Pig (Gui Hai day); traditionally best to avoid the East direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Ji (Yin Earth) day: traditionally, contracts are not torn up, as it is said both parties will suffer loss.
Si (Snake) day: traditionally, long journeys are avoided, as it is said belongings will be lost or hidden.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | North |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | East |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | North |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2024-01-06 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?
2024-01-06 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