Chinese Almanac for 2049-01-04

2049-01-04 is Lunar month 12, day 1 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ji Mao day in the Wu Chen (Dragon) year.

Key facts

Gregorian date 2049-01-04
Lunar date Lunar month 12, day 1
Year (Ganzhi) Wu (Yang Earth) Chen (Dragon)
Month (Ganzhi) Jia (Yang Wood) Zi (Rat)
Day (Ganzhi) Ji (Yin Earth) Mao (Rabbit)
Year zodiac Dragon

Auspicious for (宜)

  • Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
  • Level roads (平治道涂)
  • Renovate a grave (修坟)
  • End mourning (除服)
  • Put on mourning clothes (成服)
  • Avoid all other matters (馀事勿取)

Inauspicious for (忌)

  • Move house (移徙)
  • Move into a new home (入宅)
  • Marry (嫁娶)
  • Dig a well (掘井)
  • Bury the deceased (安葬)

Auspicious spirits (吉神)

Heaven's Grace (天恩), People's Day (民日), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Five Harmony (五合), Jade Hall (玉堂)

Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)

Heaven's Net (天罡), Death God (死神), Month Punishment (月刑), Heaven's Officer (天吏), Fatal Star (致死), Heaven's Thief (天贼)

Clash & direction to avoid

Clashes with Rooster (Gui You day); traditionally best to avoid the West direction.

Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos

Ji (Yin Earth) day: traditionally, contracts are not torn up, as it is said both parties will suffer loss.

Mao (Rabbit) day: traditionally, wells are not dug, as it is said the spring water will turn foul.

Auspicious directions

God of Joy (喜神) Northeast
God of Fortune (福神) North
God of Wealth (财神) North
Tai Sui (太岁) South
Yang Noble God (阳贵神) North
Yin Noble God (阴贵神) Southwest

What is today's lunar date?

2049-01-04 corresponds to Lunar month 12, day 1 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?

2049-01-04 falls in the Wu 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