Chinese Almanac for 2024-08-11
2024-08-11 is Lunar month 7, day 8 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ding Wei day in the Jia Chen (Dragon) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2024-08-11 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 7, day 8 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Chen (Dragon) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Shen (Monkey) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Wei (Goat) |
| Year zodiac | Dragon |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Travel (出行)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Move house (移徙)
- Break ground (动土)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Build a roof (盖屋)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Get a haircut (理发)
- Build a boat (造船)
- Dig a well (掘井)
- Build the stove (作灶)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Virtue Combination (月德合), Mother's Granary (母仓), Golden Hall (金堂), Jade Hall (玉堂)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Havoc (月煞), Month Emptiness (月虚), Blood Branch (血支), Heaven's Thief (天贼), Five Voids (五虚), Eight Winds (八风), Eight Specialization (八专)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Ox (Xin Chou day); traditionally best to avoid the West direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Ding (Yin Fire) day: traditionally, hair is not cut, as it is said sores will form on the head.
Wei (Goat) day: traditionally, medicine is not taken, as it is said poison will enter the intestines.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | South |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Southwest |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southeast |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | West |
What is today's lunar date?
2024-08-11 corresponds to Lunar month 7, day 8 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?
2024-08-11 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