Chinese Almanac for 2024-07-09
2024-07-09 is Lunar month 6, day 4 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Jia Xu day in the Jia Chen (Dragon) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2024-07-09 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 6, day 4 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Chen (Dragon) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Wei (Goat) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Xu (Dog) |
| Year zodiac | Dragon |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Cut cloth for tailoring (裁衣)
- Make fishing nets (结网)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Take a ritual bath (沐浴)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Open a warehouse (开仓)
- Sell goods (出货财)
- Acquire property (置产)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Break ground (动土)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Dig a well (掘井)
- Plant (栽种)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Virtue (天德), Month's Virtue (月德), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Essential Peace (要安), Azure Dragon (青龙)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
River Chief (河魁), Death God (死神), Month Havoc (月煞), Month Emptiness (月虚), Earth Talisman (土符)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Dragon (Wu Chen day); traditionally best to avoid the North direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Jia (Yang Wood) day: traditionally, warehouses are not opened, as it is said wealth will be squandered.
Xu (Dog) day: traditionally, dog meat is not eaten, as it is said strange things will happen.
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?
2024-07-09 corresponds to Lunar month 6, day 4 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?
2024-07-09 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