Chinese Almanac for 2024-03-31
2024-03-31 is Lunar month 2, day 22 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Jia Wu day in the Jia Chen (Dragon) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 2, day 22 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Chen (Dragon) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Wu (Horse) |
| Year zodiac | Dragon |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Repair the wall (修饰垣墙)
- Acquire property (置产)
- Level roads (平治道涂)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Open a warehouse (开仓)
- Sell goods (出货财)
- Build a roof (盖屋)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Open for business (开市)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Plant (栽种)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Virtue (月德), Hour's Virtue (时德), People's Day (民日), Benefiting Descendants (益后), Golden Chest (金匮), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
River Chief (河魁), Death God (死神), Heaven's Officer (天吏), Fatal Star (致死)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rat (Wu Zi day); traditionally best to avoid the North direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Jia (Yang Wood) day: traditionally, warehouses are not opened, as it is said wealth will be squandered.
Wu (Horse) day: traditionally, roofs are not thatched, as it is said the owner's fortune will change.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southeast |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2024-03-31 corresponds to Lunar month 2, day 22 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?
2024-03-31 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