Chinese Almanac for 2024-09-14
2024-09-14 is Lunar month 8, day 12 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Xin Si day in the Jia Chen (Dragon) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2024-09-14 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 8, day 12 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Chen (Dragon) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) You (Rooster) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Si (Snake) |
| Year zodiac | Dragon |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Open for business (开市)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Hang a plaque (挂匾)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Break ground (动土)
- Plant (栽种)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Erect a tombstone (立碑)
- Travel (出行)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Hold a funeral procession (行丧)
- Move house (移徙)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Grace (天恩), Triple Harmony (三合), Day of Attendance (临日), Heaven's Joy (天喜), Heaven's Physician (天医), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Universal Protection (普护)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Repeat Day (复日), Double Day (重日), Vermilion Bird (朱雀)
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?
2024-09-14 corresponds to Lunar month 8, day 12 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?
2024-09-14 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