Chinese Almanac for 2029-08-29
2029-08-29 is Lunar month 7, day 20 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Xin Mao day in the Ji You (Rooster) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2029-08-29 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 7, day 20 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) You (Rooster) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Shen (Monkey) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Year zodiac | Rooster |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Travel (出行)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Carve (雕刻)
- Drill pillar mortises (开柱眼)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Build a bridge (造桥)
- Open for business (开市)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Collect wealth (纳财)
- 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)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Break ground (动土)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Dig a pond (开池)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Benefiting Descendants (益后), Five Harmony (五合), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Heaven's Officer (天吏), Fatal Star (致死), Five Voids (五虚), Earth Talisman (土符), Vermilion Bird (朱雀)
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?
2029-08-29 corresponds to Lunar month 7, day 20 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?
2029-08-29 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