Chinese Almanac for 2029-03-31
2029-03-31 is Lunar month 2, day 17 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Geng Shen day in the Ji You (Rooster) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2029-03-31 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 2, day 17 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) You (Rooster) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Shen (Monkey) |
| Year zodiac | Rooster |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Renovate a grave (修坟)
- Erect a tombstone (立碑)
- Thank the earth god (谢土)
- Take a ritual bath (沐浴)
- Sweep the house (扫舍)
- Hunt or trap (捕捉)
- Go fishing (取渔)
- Make fishing nets (结网)
- Hunt (畋猎)
- Get a haircut (理发)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month Void (月空), Heavenly Horse (天马), Essential Peace (要安), Untying Spirit (解神), Removing Spirit (除神), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Robbery Star (劫煞), Minor Depletion (小耗), Four Wastes (四废), Five Separations (五离), Eight Specialization (八专), White Tiger (白虎)
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) | West |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | South |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2029-03-31 corresponds to Lunar month 2, day 17 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?
2029-03-31 falls in the Ji You year, the year of the Rooster.
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