Chinese Almanac for 2029-01-30
2029-01-30 is Lunar month 12, day 16 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Geng Shen day in the Wu Shen (Monkey) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2029-01-30 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 12, day 16 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Shen (Monkey) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Chou (Ox) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Shen (Monkey) |
| Year zodiac | Monkey |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Sculpt or paint deity images (塑绘)
- Cut cloth for tailoring (裁衣)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Start school (入学)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Sweep the house (扫舍)
- Build a warehouse (造仓)
- Hang a plaque (挂匾)
- Dig a well (掘井)
- Dig a pond (开池)
- Make fishing nets (结网)
- Plant (栽种)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Renovate a grave (修坟)
- Erect a tombstone (立碑)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Build a temple (造庙)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Thank the earth god (谢土)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Virtue (天德), Month's Virtue (月德), Mother's Granary (母仓), Yang Virtue (阳德), Five Riches (五富), Blessing Birth (福生), Removing Spirit (除神), Kitchen God (司命), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Wandering Calamity (游祸), Five Separations (五离), Eight Specialization (八专)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Tiger (Jia Yin day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Geng (Yang Metal) day: traditionally, looms are not set up, as it is said the work will come to nothing.
Shen (Monkey) day: traditionally, beds are not set up, as it is said spirits will enter the room.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | East |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southwest |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | South |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2029-01-30 corresponds to Lunar month 12, day 16 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?
2029-01-30 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