Chinese Almanac for 2024-03-06
2024-03-06 is Lunar month 1, day 26 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ji Si day in the Jia Chen (Dragon) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2024-03-06 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 1, day 26 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Chen (Dragon) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Si (Snake) |
| Year zodiac | Dragon |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Sculpt or paint deity images (塑绘)
- Cut cloth for tailoring (裁衣)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Erect pillars (竖柱)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Open a warehouse (开仓)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Install machinery (安机械)
- Build a warehouse (造仓)
- Build a roof (盖屋)
- Trade (交易)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Open for business (开市)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Collect wealth (纳财)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Travel (出行)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Virtue Combination (月德合), Minister's Day (相日), Post Horse (驿马), Heaven's Empress (天后), Heaven's Shaman (天巫), Blessing Virtue (福德), Sacred Heart (圣心)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Five Voids (五虚), Earth Talisman (土符), Great Havoc (大煞), Departure and Loss (往亡), Double Day (重日), Vermilion Bird (朱雀)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Pig (Gui Hai day); traditionally best to avoid the East 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.
Si (Snake) day: traditionally, long journeys are avoided, as it is said belongings will be lost or hidden.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | North |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | East |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | North |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2024-03-06 corresponds to Lunar month 1, day 26 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?
2024-03-06 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