Chinese Almanac for 2024-01-19
2024-01-19 is Lunar month 12, day 9 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ren Wu day in the Gui Mao (Rabbit) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2024-01-19 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 12, day 9 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Chou (Ox) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Wu (Horse) |
| Year zodiac | Rabbit |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Move house (移徙)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Break ground (动土)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Dig a well (掘井)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Plant (栽种)
- Travel (出行)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Open for business (开市)
- Install a door (安门)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Grace (天恩), Reverent Peace (敬安), Untying Spirit (解神), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Harm (月害), Great Time (大时), Great Defeat (大败), Peach Blossom Pond (咸池), Minor Depletion (小耗), Five Voids (五虚), Heaven's Prison (天牢)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rat (Bing Zi day); traditionally best to avoid the North direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Ren (Yang Water) day: traditionally, water is not released, as it is said it will be hard to contain.
Wu (Horse) day: traditionally, roofs are not thatched, as it is said the owner's fortune will change.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | South |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | South |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | East |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | East |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2024-01-19 corresponds to Lunar month 12, day 9 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?
2024-01-19 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