Chinese Almanac for 2024-08-20
2024-08-20 is Lunar month 7, day 17 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Bing Chen day in the Jia Chen (Dragon) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2024-08-20 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 7, day 17 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Chen (Dragon) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Shen (Monkey) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Chen (Dragon) |
| Year zodiac | Dragon |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Break ground (动土)
- Open for business (开市)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Move house (移徙)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Plant (栽种)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Get acupuncture (针灸)
- Travel (出行)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month Void (月空), Mother's Granary (母仓), Triple Harmony (三合), Heaven's Joy (天喜), Heaven's Physician (天医), Continuing Generations (续世), Golden Chest (金匮)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Aversion (月厌), Earth Fire (地火), Four Strikes (四击), Great Havoc (大煞), Blood Taboo (血忌)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Dog (Geng Xu day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Bing (Yang Fire) day: traditionally, the stove is not repaired, as it is said disaster will follow.
Chen (Dragon) day: traditionally, weeping is avoided, as it is said to foretell a second death in the family.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Southwest |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | North |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | West |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2024-08-20 corresponds to Lunar month 7, day 17 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?
2024-08-20 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