Chinese Almanac for 2029-10-05

2029-10-05 is Lunar month 8, day 28 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Wu Chen day in the Ji You (Rooster) year.

Key facts

Gregorian date 2029-10-05
Lunar date Lunar month 8, day 28
Year (Ganzhi) Ji (Yin Earth) You (Rooster)
Month (Ganzhi) Gui (Yin Water) You (Rooster)
Day (Ganzhi) Wu (Yang Earth) Chen (Dragon)
Year zodiac Rooster

Auspicious for (宜)

  • Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
  • Sculpt or paint deity images (塑绘)
  • Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
  • Travel (出行)
  • Perform a purification ritual (解除)
  • Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
  • Marry (嫁娶)
  • Dismantle (拆卸)
  • Lay the foundation (起基)
  • Set up a bed (安床)
  • Move into a new home (入宅)
  • Open for business (开市)
  • 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)
  • Thank the earth god (谢土)
  • Hang a plaque (挂匾)
  • Drill pillar mortises (开柱眼)
  • Trade (交易)

Inauspicious for (忌)

  • Build a bridge (造桥)
  • Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
  • Build a roof (盖屋)
  • Dig a well (掘井)

Auspicious spirits (吉神)

Heaven's Grace (天恩), Mother's Granary (母仓), Six Harmony (六合), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Reverent Peace (敬安)

Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)

Month Havoc (月煞), Month Emptiness (月虚), Four Strikes (四击), Heaven's Punishment (天刑)

Clash & direction to avoid

Clashes with Dog (Ren Xu day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.

Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos

Wu (Yang Earth) day: traditionally, land is not accepted, as it is said to be inauspicious for the landowner.

Chen (Dragon) day: traditionally, weeping is avoided, as it is said to foretell a second death in the family.

Auspicious directions

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

What is today's lunar date?

2029-10-05 corresponds to Lunar month 8, day 28 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?

2029-10-05 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