Chinese Almanac for 2024-12-09
2024-12-09 is Lunar month 11, day 9 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ding Wei day in the Jia Chen (Dragon) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2024-12-09 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 11, day 9 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Chen (Dragon) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Zi (Rat) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Wei (Goat) |
| Year zodiac | Dragon |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Start school (入学)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Break ground (动土)
- Lay the foundation (起基)
- Release water (放水)
- Trade (交易)
- Dig a pond (开池)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Build a bridge (造桥)
- Install a door (安门)
- Get a haircut (理发)
- Build a temple (造庙)
- Plant (栽种)
- Build the stove (作灶)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Virtue Combination (月德合), Essential Peace (要安)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Havoc (月煞), Month Emptiness (月虚), Month Harm (月害), Four Strikes (四击), Eight Specialization (八专), Gouchen — Yellow Dragon (勾陈)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Ox (Xin Chou day); traditionally best to avoid the West direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Ding (Yin Fire) day: traditionally, hair is not cut, as it is said sores will form on the head.
Wei (Goat) day: traditionally, medicine is not taken, as it is said poison will enter the intestines.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | South |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Southwest |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southeast |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | West |
What is today's lunar date?
2024-12-09 corresponds to Lunar month 11, day 9 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?
2024-12-09 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