Chinese Almanac for 2024-05-06
2024-05-06 is Lunar month 3, day 28 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Geng Wu day in the Jia Chen (Dragon) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2024-05-06 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 3, day 28 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Chen (Dragon) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Si (Snake) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Wu (Horse) |
| Year zodiac | Dragon |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Travel (出行)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Break ground (动土)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Move house (移徙)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Virtue (月德), Official's Day (官日), Auspicious Period (吉期), Sacred Heart (圣心), Azure Dragon (青龙), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Great Time (大时), Great Defeat (大败), Peach Blossom Pond (咸池)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rat (Jia Zi day); traditionally best to avoid the North direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Geng (Yang Metal) day: traditionally, looms are not set up, as it is said the work will come to nothing.
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) | Northwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | East |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southeast |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | South |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2024-05-06 corresponds to Lunar month 3, day 28 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?
2024-05-06 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