Chinese Almanac for 2030-01-02

2030-01-02 is Lunar month 11, day 29 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ding You day in the Ji You (Rooster) year.

Key facts

Gregorian date 2030-01-02
Lunar date Lunar month 11, day 29
Year (Ganzhi) Ji (Yin Earth) You (Rooster)
Month (Ganzhi) Bing (Yang Fire) Zi (Rat)
Day (Ganzhi) Ding (Yin Fire) You (Rooster)
Year zodiac Rooster

Auspicious for (宜)

  • Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
  • Take a ritual bath (沐浴)
  • Set up a bed (安床)
  • Collect wealth (纳财)
  • Hunt (畋猎)
  • Hunt or trap (捕捉)

Inauspicious for (忌)

  • Open for business (开市)
  • Break ground for burial (破土)

Auspicious spirits (吉神)

Month's Virtue Combination (月德合), Mother's Granary (母仓), Golden Hall (金堂), Removing Spirit (除神), Bright Hall (明堂), Barking Dog (鸣吠)

Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)

River Chief (河魁), Great Time (大时), Great Defeat (大败), Peach Blossom Pond (咸池), Five Separations (五离)

Clash & direction to avoid

Clashes with Rabbit (Xin Mao day); traditionally best to avoid the East direction.

Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos

Ding (Yin Fire) day: traditionally, hair is not cut, as it is said sores will form on the head.

You (Rooster) day: traditionally, guests are not entertained, as it is said drunkenness will lead to madness.

Auspicious directions

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

What is today's lunar date?

2030-01-02 corresponds to Lunar month 11, day 29 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?

2030-01-02 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