Chinese Almanac for 2024-11-26
2024-11-26 is Lunar month 10, day 26 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Jia Wu day in the Jia Chen (Dragon) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2024-11-26 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 10, day 26 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Chen (Dragon) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Hai (Pig) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Wu (Horse) |
| Year zodiac | Dragon |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Carve (雕刻)
- Move house (移徙)
- Open for business (开市)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Travel (出行)
- Break ground (动土)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Start school (入学)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Lay the foundation (起基)
- Install a door (安门)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Build a temple (造庙)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Collect wealth (纳财)
- Dig a pond (开池)
- Build a livestock pen (造畜稠)
- Raise livestock (牧养)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Open a warehouse (开仓)
- Sell goods (出货财)
- Build a roof (盖屋)
- Build a boat (造船)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Virtue (月德), Four Images (四相), Universal Protection (普护), Azure Dragon (青龙), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Heaven's Officer (天吏), Fatal Star (致死), Five Voids (五虚)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rat (Wu Zi 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.
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) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southeast |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2024-11-26 corresponds to Lunar month 10, day 26 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?
2024-11-26 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