Chinese Almanac for 2024-03-05
2024-03-05 is Lunar month 1, day 25 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Wu Chen day in the Jia Chen (Dragon) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2024-03-05 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 1, day 25 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Chen (Dragon) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Chen (Dragon) |
| Year zodiac | Dragon |
| Solar term today | Awakening of Insects |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Sweep the house (扫舍)
- Seal up holes and burrows (塞穴)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Plant (栽种)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Marry (嫁娶)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Grace (天恩), Guarding Day (守日), Auspicious Period (吉期)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Harm (月害), Heaven's Punishment (天刑)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Dog (Ren Xu day); traditionally best to avoid the South 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.
Chen (Dragon) day: traditionally, weeping is avoided, as it is said to foretell a second death in the family.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | North |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | East |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2024-03-05 corresponds to Lunar month 1, 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?
2024-03-05 falls in the Jia Chen year, the year of the Dragon.
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