Chinese Almanac for 2024-04-13
2024-04-13 is Lunar month 3, day 5 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ding Wei day in the Jia Chen (Dragon) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2024-04-13 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 3, day 5 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Chen (Dragon) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Chen (Dragon) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Wei (Goat) |
| Year zodiac | Dragon |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Level roads (平治道涂)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Repair the wall (修饰垣墙)
- Avoid all other matters (馀事勿取)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Nothing advised today (诸事不宜)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Virtue Combination (天德合), Month's Virtue Combination (月德合), Four Images (四相)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Heaven's Net (天罡), Death God (死神), Month Havoc (月煞), Month Emptiness (月虚), Eight Specialization (八专), Vermilion Bird (朱雀)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Ox (Xin Chou day); traditionally best to avoid the West direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Ding (Yin Fire) day: traditionally, hair is not cut, as it is said sores will form on the head.
Wei (Goat) day: traditionally, medicine is not taken, as it is said poison will enter the intestines.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | South |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Southwest |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southeast |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | West |
What is today's lunar date?
2024-04-13 corresponds to Lunar month 3, day 5 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?
2024-04-13 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