Chinese Almanac for 2024-08-21
2024-08-21 is Lunar month 7, day 18 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ding Si day in the Jia Chen (Dragon) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2024-08-21 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 7, day 18 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Chen (Dragon) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Shen (Monkey) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Si (Snake) |
| Year zodiac | Dragon |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Collect wealth (纳财)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Break ground (动土)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Get a haircut (理发)
- Travel (出行)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Move house (移徙)
- Separate households (分居)
- Install an altar (安香)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Virtue Combination (月德合), Six Harmony (六合), Five Riches (五富), Essential Peace (要安), Precious Light (宝光)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
River Chief (河魁), Robbery Star (劫煞), Earth Pouch (地囊), Double Day (重日)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Pig (Xin Hai day); traditionally best to avoid the East 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.
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) | South |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Southwest |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | North |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | West |
What is today's lunar date?
2024-08-21 corresponds to Lunar month 7, day 18 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?
2024-08-21 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