Chinese Almanac for 2029-01-02
2029-01-02 is Lunar month 11, day 18 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ren Chen day in the Wu Shen (Monkey) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2029-01-02 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 11, day 18 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Shen (Monkey) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Zi (Rat) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Chen (Dragon) |
| Year zodiac | Monkey |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Sculpt or paint deity images (塑绘)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Cut cloth for tailoring (裁衣)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Thank the earth god (谢土)
- Take office (赴任)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Dig a well (掘井)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Build the stove (作灶)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Virtue (月德), Triple Harmony (三合), Day of Attendance (临日), Hour's Yin (时阴), Heaven's Granary (天仓), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Sacred Heart (圣心)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Dead Energy (死气), Five Graves (五墓), Heaven's Prison (天牢)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Dog (Bing Xu day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Ren (Yang Water) day: traditionally, water is not released, as it is said it will be hard to contain.
Chen (Dragon) day: traditionally, weeping is avoided, as it is said to foretell a second death in the family.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | South |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | South |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Center |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | East |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2029-01-02 corresponds to Lunar month 11, day 18 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?
2029-01-02 falls in the Wu Shen year, the year of the Monkey.
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