Chinese Almanac for 2024-05-20
2024-05-20 is Lunar month 4, day 13 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Jia Shen day in the Jia Chen (Dragon) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2024-05-20 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 4, day 13 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Chen (Dragon) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Si (Snake) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Shen (Monkey) |
| Year zodiac | Dragon |
| Solar term today | Grain Buds |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Take a ritual bath (沐浴)
- Level roads (平治道涂)
- Sweep the house (扫舍)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Move house (移徙)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Make roof beams (作梁)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Build a roof (盖屋)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month Void (月空), Minister's Day (相日), Six Harmony (六合), Five Riches (五富), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Continuing Generations (续世), Removing Spirit (除神), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
River Chief (河魁), Death God (死神), Month Punishment (月刑), Wandering Calamity (游祸), Five Voids (五虚), Eight Winds (八风), Blood Taboo (血忌), Five Separations (五离), Heaven's Punishment (天刑)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Tiger (Wu Yin day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Jia (Yang Wood) day: traditionally, warehouses are not opened, as it is said wealth will be squandered.
Shen (Monkey) day: traditionally, beds are not set up, as it is said spirits will enter the room.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southeast |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2024-05-20 corresponds to Lunar month 4, day 13 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?
2024-05-20 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