Chinese Almanac for 2024-02-04
2024-02-04 is Lunar month 12, day 25 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Wu Xu day in the Gui Mao (Rabbit) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2024-02-04 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 12, day 25 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Yin (Tiger) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Xu (Dog) |
| Year zodiac | Rabbit |
| Solar term today | Start of Spring |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Go fishing (取渔)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Erect a tombstone (立碑)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Build the stove (作灶)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Yang Virtue (阳德), Triple Harmony (三合), Heaven's Joy (天喜), Heaven's Physician (天医), Kitchen God (司命)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Aversion (月厌), Earth Fire (地火), Four Strikes (四击), Great Havoc (大煞)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Dragon (Ren Chen day); traditionally best to avoid the North direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Wu (Yang Earth) day: traditionally, land is not accepted, as it is said to be inauspicious for the landowner.
Xu (Dog) day: traditionally, dog meat is not eaten, as it is said strange things will happen.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | North |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southeast |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2024-02-04 corresponds to Lunar month 12, 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?
2024-02-04 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