Chinese Almanac for 2029-05-09

2029-05-09 is Lunar month 3, day 26 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ji Hai day in the Ji You (Rooster) year.

Key facts

Gregorian date 2029-05-09
Lunar date Lunar month 3, day 26
Year (Ganzhi) Ji (Yin Earth) You (Rooster)
Month (Ganzhi) Ji (Yin Earth) Si (Snake)
Day (Ganzhi) Ji (Yin Earth) Hai (Pig)
Year zodiac Rooster

Auspicious for (宜)

  • Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
  • Take a ritual bath (沐浴)
  • Perform a purification ritual (解除)
  • Demolish a house (破屋)
  • Demolish a wall (坏垣)
  • Avoid all other matters (馀事勿取)

Inauspicious for (忌)

  • Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
  • Bury the deceased (安葬)

Auspicious spirits (吉神)

Month's Grace (月恩), Four Images (四相), Post Horse (驿马), Heaven's Empress (天后), Heaven's Granary (天仓), Golden Hall (金堂), Precious Light (宝光)

Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)

Month Breaker (月破), Great Depletion (大耗), Departure and Loss (往亡), Double Day (重日)

Clash & direction to avoid

Clashes with Snake (Gui Si 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.

Hai (Pig) day: traditionally, marriages are not held, as it is said it will be unlucky for the groom.

Auspicious directions

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

What is today's lunar date?

2029-05-09 corresponds to Lunar month 3, day 26 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?

2029-05-09 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