Chinese Almanac for 2024-03-08
2024-03-08 is Lunar month 1, day 28 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Xin Wei day in the Jia Chen (Dragon) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2024-03-08 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 1, day 28 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Chen (Dragon) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Wei (Goat) |
| Year zodiac | Dragon |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Cut cloth for tailoring (裁衣)
- Make bed curtains (合帐)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Install an altar (安香)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Thank the earth god (谢土)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Install a millstone (安碓磑)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Hang a plaque (挂匾)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Collect wealth (纳财)
- Build a warehouse (造仓)
- Release water (放水)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Plant (栽种)
- Fell trees (伐木)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Yin Virtue (阴德), Triple Harmony (三合), Hour's Yin (时阴), Continuing Generations (续世), Precious Light (宝光)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Dead Energy (死气), Blood Taboo (血忌)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Ox (Yi Chou day); traditionally best to avoid the West direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Xin (Yin Metal) day: traditionally, sauce is not made, as it is said the owner will never taste it.
Wei (Goat) day: traditionally, medicine is not taken, as it is said poison will enter the intestines.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | East |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southeast |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | South |
What is today's lunar date?
2024-03-08 corresponds to Lunar month 1, day 28 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?
2024-03-08 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