Chinese Almanac for 2030-01-21
2030-01-21 is Lunar month 12, day 18 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Bing Chen day in the Ji You (Rooster) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2030-01-21 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 12, day 18 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) You (Rooster) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Chou (Ox) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Chen (Dragon) |
| Year zodiac | Rooster |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
- Cut cloth for tailoring (裁衣)
- Make fishing nets (结网)
- Level roads (平治道涂)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Move house (移徙)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Build a temple (造庙)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Treat illness (治病)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heavenly Horse (天马), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
River Chief (河魁), Death God (死神), Month Havoc (月煞), Month Emptiness (月虚), White Tiger (白虎)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Dog (Geng Xu day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Bing (Yang Fire) day: traditionally, the stove is not repaired, as it is said disaster will follow.
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) | Southwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Southwest |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | North |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | West |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2030-01-21 corresponds to Lunar month 12, 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?
2030-01-21 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