Chinese Almanac for 2024-07-16
2024-07-16 is Lunar month 6, day 11 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Xin Si day in the Jia Chen (Dragon) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2024-07-16 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 6, day 11 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Chen (Dragon) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Wei (Goat) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Si (Snake) |
| Year zodiac | Dragon |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Open for business (开市)
- Raise livestock (牧养)
- Get a haircut (理发)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Travel (出行)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Grace (天恩), Month's Grace (月恩), King's Day (王日), Post Horse (驿马), Heaven's Empress (天后), Hour's Yang (时阳), Vital Energy (生气), Blessing Birth (福生), Jade Hall (玉堂)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Aversion (月厌), Earth Fire (地火), Double Day (重日)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Pig (Yi Hai day); traditionally best to avoid the East direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Xin (Yin Metal) day: traditionally, sauce is not made, as it is said the owner will never taste it.
Si (Snake) day: traditionally, long journeys are avoided, as it is said belongings will be lost or hidden.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | East |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | South |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | South |
What is today's lunar date?
2024-07-16 corresponds to Lunar month 6, day 11 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?
2024-07-16 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