Chinese Almanac for 2024-12-07

2024-12-07 is Lunar month 11, day 7 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Yi Si day in the Jia Chen (Dragon) year.

Key facts

Gregorian date 2024-12-07
Lunar date Lunar month 11, day 7
Year (Ganzhi) Jia (Yang Wood) Chen (Dragon)
Month (Ganzhi) Bing (Yang Fire) Zi (Rat)
Day (Ganzhi) Yi (Yin Wood) Si (Snake)
Year zodiac Dragon

Auspicious for (宜)

  • Marry (嫁娶)
  • Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
  • Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
  • Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
  • Pray for blessings (祈福)
  • Renovate and build (修造)
  • Break ground (动土)
  • Move house (移徙)
  • Move into a new home (入宅)

Inauspicious for (忌)

  • Open for business (开市)
  • Bury the deceased (安葬)

Auspicious spirits (吉神)

Four Images (四相), Five Riches (五富), Benefiting Descendants (益后)

Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)

Robbery Star (劫煞), Minor Depletion (小耗), Double Day (重日), Black Tortoise (元武)

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?

2024-12-07 corresponds to Lunar month 11, 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?

2024-12-07 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