Chinese Almanac for 2024-01-16
2024-01-16 is Lunar month 12, day 6 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ji Mao day in the Gui Mao (Rabbit) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2024-01-16 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 12, day 6 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Chou (Ox) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Year zodiac | Rabbit |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Open for business (开市)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Collect wealth (纳财)
- Dig a pond (开池)
- Repair a wall (补垣)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Go fishing (取渔)
- Set up a bed (安床)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Visit the sick (探病)
- Dig a well (掘井)
- Break ground (动土)
- Install a door (安门)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Build the stove (作灶)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Grace (天恩), People's Day (民日), Heaven's Shaman (天巫), Blessing Virtue (福德), Heaven's Granary (天仓), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Golden Hall (金堂), Five Harmony (五合), Precious Light (宝光)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Disaster Star (灾煞), Heaven's Fire (天火), Repeat Day (复日)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rooster (Gui You day); traditionally best to avoid the West 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.
Mao (Rabbit) day: traditionally, wells are not dug, as it is said the spring water will turn foul.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | North |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | South |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | North |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2024-01-16 corresponds to Lunar month 12, day 6 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?
2024-01-16 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