Chinese Almanac for 2024-05-13
2024-05-13 is Lunar month 4, day 6 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ding Chou day in the Jia Chen (Dragon) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2024-05-13 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 4, day 6 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Chen (Dragon) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Si (Snake) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Chou (Ox) |
| Year zodiac | Dragon |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Open for business (开市)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Break ground (动土)
- Plant (栽种)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Move house (移徙)
- Get a haircut (理发)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Travel (出行)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Triple Harmony (三合), Day of Attendance (临日), Heaven's Joy (天喜), Heaven's Physician (天医), Six Rites (六仪), Jade Hall (玉堂)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Facing Aversion (厌对), Beckoning Star (招摇), Four Strikes (四击), Return Taboo (归忌)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Goat (Xin Wei day); traditionally best to avoid the East 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.
Chou (Ox) day: traditionally, a capping ceremony is not held, as it is said the honoree will not return home.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | South |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Southwest |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | South |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | West |
What is today's lunar date?
2024-05-13 corresponds to Lunar month 4, day 6 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?
2024-05-13 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