Chinese Almanac for 2024-10-09
2024-10-09 is Lunar month 9, day 7 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Bing Wu day in the Jia Chen (Dragon) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2024-10-09 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 9, day 7 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Chen (Dragon) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Xu (Dog) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Wu (Horse) |
| Year zodiac | Dragon |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Travel (出行)
- Open for business (开市)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Break ground (动土)
- Move house (移徙)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Install a door (安门)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Virtue (天德), Month's Virtue (月德), Triple Harmony (三合), Heaven's Joy (天喜), Heaven's Physician (天医), Heaven's Granary (天仓), Essential Peace (要安), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Heaven's Punishment (天刑)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rat (Geng Zi day); traditionally best to avoid the North direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Bing (Yang Fire) day: traditionally, the stove is not repaired, as it is said disaster will follow.
Wu (Horse) day: traditionally, roofs are not thatched, as it is said the owner's fortune will change.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Southwest |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southeast |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | West |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2024-10-09 corresponds to Lunar month 9, day 7 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?
2024-10-09 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