Chinese Almanac for 2024-04-09
2024-04-09 is Lunar month 3, day 1 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Gui Mao day in the Jia Chen (Dragon) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2024-04-09 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 3, day 1 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Chen (Dragon) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Chen (Dragon) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Year zodiac | Dragon |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Travel (出行)
- Make bed curtains (合帐)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- File a lawsuit (词讼)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Open for business (开市)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Official's Day (官日), Essential Peace (要安), Five Harmony (五合), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Harm (月害), Heaven's Officer (天吏), Fatal Star (致死), Blood Branch (血支), Gouchen — Yellow Dragon (勾陈)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rooster (Ding You day); traditionally best to avoid the West direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Gui (Yin Water) day: traditionally, lawsuits are not filed, as it is said one's case will be weak and the opponent strong.
Mao (Rabbit) day: traditionally, wells are not dug, as it is said the spring water will turn foul.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | South |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | West |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | East |
What is today's lunar date?
2024-04-09 corresponds to Lunar month 3, day 1 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?
2024-04-09 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