Chinese Almanac for 2024-03-09
2024-03-09 is Lunar month 1, day 29 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ren Shen day in the Jia Chen (Dragon) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2024-03-09 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 1, day 29 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Chen (Dragon) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Shen (Monkey) |
| Year zodiac | Dragon |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Cut cloth for tailoring (裁衣)
- Make bed curtains (合帐)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Break ground (动土)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Lay the foundation (起基)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Thank the earth god (谢土)
- Take a ritual bath (沐浴)
- Sweep the house (扫舍)
- Drill pillar mortises (开柱眼)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Open for business (开市)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Build the stove (作灶)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heavenly Horse (天马), Essential Peace (要安), Untying Spirit (解神), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Robbery Star (劫煞), Minor Depletion (小耗), Five Separations (五离), White Tiger (白虎)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Tiger (Bing Yin day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Ren (Yang Water) day: traditionally, water is not released, as it is said it will be hard to contain.
Shen (Monkey) day: traditionally, beds are not set up, as it is said spirits will enter the room.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | South |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | South |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southeast |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | East |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2024-03-09 corresponds to Lunar month 1, day 29 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?
2024-03-09 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