Chinese Almanac for 2024-02-09
2024-02-09 is Lunar month 12, day 30 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Gui Mao day in the Gui Mao (Rabbit) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2024-02-09 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 12, day 30 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Yin (Tiger) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Year zodiac | Rabbit |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Travel (出行)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Break ground (动土)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Open for business (开市)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Hang a plaque (挂匾)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Move house (移徙)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Dig a well (掘井)
- File a lawsuit (词讼)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Official's Day (官日), Auspicious Period (吉期), Jade Palace (玉宇), Five Harmony (五合), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Great Time (大时), Great Defeat (大败), Peach Blossom Pond (咸池), Vermilion Bird (朱雀)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rooster (Ding You day); traditionally best to avoid the West direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Gui (Yin Water) day: traditionally, lawsuits are not filed, as it is said one's case will be weak and the opponent strong.
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) | Southeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | South |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | West |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | East |
What is today's lunar date?
2024-02-09 corresponds to Lunar month 12, day 30 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?
2024-02-09 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