Chinese Almanac for 2029-05-30
2029-05-30 is Lunar month 4, day 18 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Geng Shen day in the Ji You (Rooster) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2029-05-30 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 4, day 18 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) You (Rooster) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Si (Snake) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Shen (Monkey) |
| Year zodiac | Rooster |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Travel (出行)
- Marry (嫁娶)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Break ground (动土)
- Lay the foundation (起基)
- Move house (移徙)
- Open for business (开市)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- 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)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Renovate a grave (修坟)
- Erect a tombstone (立碑)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Virtue (月德), Minister's Day (相日), Six Harmony (六合), Five Riches (五富), Continuing Generations (续世), Removing Spirit (除神), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
River Chief (河魁), Death God (死神), Month Punishment (月刑), Wandering Calamity (游祸), Five Voids (五虚), Blood Taboo (血忌), Five Separations (五离), Eight Specialization (八专), Heaven's Punishment (天刑)
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?
2029-05-30 corresponds to Lunar month 4, 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?
2029-05-30 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