Chinese Almanac for 2030-03-16
2030-03-16 is Lunar month 2, day 13 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Geng Xu day in the Geng Xu (Dog) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2030-03-16 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 2, day 13 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Xu (Dog) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Xu (Dog) |
| Year zodiac | Dog |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Travel (出行)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Break ground (动土)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Sculpt or paint deity images (塑绘)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Build a bridge (造桥)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month Void (月空), Heaven's Grace (天恩), Six Harmony (六合), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Golden Hall (金堂)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Havoc (月煞), Month Emptiness (月虚), Four Strikes (四击), Heaven's Prison (天牢)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Dragon (Jia Chen day); traditionally best to avoid the North 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.
Xu (Dog) day: traditionally, dog meat is not eaten, as it is said strange things will happen.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | East |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | North |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | South |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2030-03-16 corresponds to Lunar month 2, day 13 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?
2030-03-16 falls in the Geng Xu year, the year of the Dog.
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