Chinese Almanac for 2024-08-07
2024-08-07 is Lunar month 7, day 4 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Gui Mao day in the Jia Chen (Dragon) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2024-08-07 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 7, day 4 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Chen (Dragon) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Shen (Monkey) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Year zodiac | Dragon |
| Solar term today | Start of Autumn |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Travel (出行)
- Open for business (开市)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Move house (移徙)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Break ground (动土)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Virtue (天德), Four Images (四相), Benefiting Descendants (益后), Five Harmony (五合), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Heaven's Officer (天吏), Fatal Star (致死), Five Voids (五虚), Earth Talisman (土符), Vermilion Bird (朱雀)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rooster (Ding You day); traditionally best to avoid the West direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Gui (Yin Water) day: traditionally, lawsuits are not filed, as it is said one's case will be weak and the opponent strong.
Mao (Rabbit) day: traditionally, wells are not dug, as it is said the spring water will turn foul.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | South |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | West |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | East |
What is today's lunar date?
2024-08-07 corresponds to Lunar month 7, 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?
2024-08-07 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