Chinese Almanac for 2024-07-10
2024-07-10 is Lunar month 6, day 5 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Yi Hai day in the Jia Chen (Dragon) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2024-07-10 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 6, day 5 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Chen (Dragon) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Wei (Goat) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Hai (Pig) |
| Year zodiac | Dragon |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Move house (移徙)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
- Open for business (开市)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Break ground (动土)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Acquire property (置产)
- Plant (栽种)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Renovate a grave (修坟)
- Hold a funeral procession (行丧)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Yin Virtue (阴德), Triple Harmony (三合), Hour's Yin (时阴), Six Rites (六仪), Jade Palace (玉宇), Bright Hall (明堂)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Facing Aversion (厌对), Beckoning Star (招摇), Dead Energy (死气), Double Day (重日)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Snake (Ji Si day); traditionally best to avoid the West direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Yi (Yin Wood) day: traditionally, planting is avoided, as it is said a thousand saplings will not grow.
Hai (Pig) day: traditionally, marriages are not held, as it is said it will be unlucky for the groom.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southeast |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | North |
What is today's lunar date?
2024-07-10 corresponds to Lunar month 6, 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?
2024-07-10 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