Chinese Almanac for 2024-10-17
2024-10-17 is Lunar month 9, day 15 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Jia Yin day in the Jia Chen (Dragon) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2024-10-17 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 9, day 15 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Chen (Dragon) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Xu (Dog) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Yin (Tiger) |
| Year zodiac | Dragon |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
- Avoid all other matters (馀事勿取)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- None (无)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Yang Virtue (阳德), Triple Harmony (三合), Day of Attendance (临日), Hour's Yin (时阴), Five Harmony (五合), Kitchen God (司命), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Aversion (月厌), Earth Fire (地火), Dead Energy (死气), Four Wastes (四废), Nine Pits (九坎), Nine Scorches (九焦), Eight Specialization (八专), Lone Branch (孤辰), Yin Error (阴错)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Monkey (Wu Shen day); traditionally best to avoid the North direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Jia (Yang Wood) day: traditionally, warehouses are not opened, as it is said wealth will be squandered.
Yin (Tiger) day: traditionally, sacrifices are not offered, as it is said the spirits will not partake.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | North |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2024-10-17 corresponds to Lunar month 9, day 15 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?
2024-10-17 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