Chinese Almanac for 2029-05-01

2029-05-01 is Lunar month 3, day 18 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Xin Mao day in the Ji You (Rooster) year.

Key facts

Gregorian date 2029-05-01
Lunar date Lunar month 3, day 18
Year (Ganzhi) Ji (Yin Earth) You (Rooster)
Month (Ganzhi) Wu (Yang Earth) Chen (Dragon)
Day (Ganzhi) Xin (Yin Metal) Mao (Rabbit)
Year zodiac Rooster

Auspicious for (宜)

  • Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
  • Pray for blessings (祈福)
  • Cut cloth for tailoring (裁衣)
  • Make bed curtains (合帐)
  • Set up a bed (安床)
  • Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
  • End mourning (除服)
  • Put on mourning clothes (成服)
  • Move the coffin (移柩)
  • Break ground for burial (破土)
  • Exhume for reburial (启钻)
  • Bury the deceased (安葬)
  • Thank the earth god (谢土)
  • Erect a tombstone (立碑)
  • Build a livestock pen (造畜稠)

Inauspicious for (忌)

  • Dig a well (掘井)
  • Install a door (安门)
  • Marry (嫁娶)
  • Present betrothal gifts (纳采)

Auspicious spirits (吉神)

Official's Day (官日), Essential Peace (要安), Five Harmony (五合), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)

Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)

Month Harm (月害), Heaven's Officer (天吏), Fatal Star (致死), Blood Branch (血支), Gouchen — Yellow Dragon (勾陈)

Clash & direction to avoid

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

Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos

Xin (Yin Metal) day: traditionally, sauce is not made, as it is said the owner will never taste it.

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) Southwest
God of Fortune (福神) Northwest
God of Wealth (财神) East
Tai Sui (太岁) Center
Yang Noble God (阳贵神) Northeast
Yin Noble God (阴贵神) South

What is today's lunar date?

2029-05-01 corresponds to Lunar month 3, 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?

2029-05-01 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