Chinese Almanac for 2024-10-08
2024-10-08 is Lunar month 9, day 6 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Yi Si day in the Jia Chen (Dragon) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2024-10-08 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 9, day 6 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Chen (Dragon) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Xu (Dog) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Si (Snake) |
| Year zodiac | Dragon |
| Solar term today | Cold Dew |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Install machinery (安机械)
- Collect wealth (纳财)
- Raise livestock (牧养)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Yin Virtue (阴德), Continuing Generations (续世), Bright Hall (明堂)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Wandering Calamity (游祸), Heaven's Thief (天贼), Blood Taboo (血忌), Double Day (重日)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Pig (Ji Hai day); traditionally best to avoid the East direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Yi (Yin Wood) day: traditionally, planting is avoided, as it is said a thousand saplings will not grow.
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) | Northwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | West |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | North |
What is today's lunar date?
2024-10-08 corresponds to Lunar month 9, day 6 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?
2024-10-08 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