Chinese Almanac for 2024-04-08
2024-04-08 is Lunar month 2, day 30 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ren Yin day in the Jia Chen (Dragon) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2024-04-08 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 2, day 30 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Chen (Dragon) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Chen (Dragon) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Yin (Tiger) |
| Year zodiac | Dragon |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Travel (出行)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
- Open for business (开市)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Trade (交易)
- Hang a plaque (挂匾)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Move house (移徙)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Plant (栽种)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Visit the sick (探病)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Yin Virtue (阴德), Month's Virtue (月德), Yang Virtue (阳德), King's Day (王日), Post Horse (驿马), Heaven's Empress (天后), Hour's Yang (时阳), Vital Energy (生气), Six Rites (六仪), Continuing Generations (续世), Five Harmony (五合), Kitchen God (司命), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Facing Aversion (厌对), Beckoning Star (招摇), Blood Taboo (血忌)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Monkey (Bing Shen day); traditionally best to avoid the North 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.
Yin (Tiger) day: traditionally, sacrifices are not offered, as it is said the spirits will not partake.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | South |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | South |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | West |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | East |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2024-04-08 corresponds to Lunar month 2, day 30 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?
2024-04-08 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