Chinese Almanac for 2030-03-20
2030-03-20 is Lunar month 2, day 17 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Jia Yin day in the Geng Xu (Dog) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2030-03-20 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 2, day 17 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Xu (Dog) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Yin (Tiger) |
| Year zodiac | Dog |
| Solar term today | Spring Equinox |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Cut cloth for tailoring (裁衣)
- Set up a loom (经络)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Drill pillar mortises (开柱眼)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Break ground (动土)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Close the roof ridge (合脊)
- Make a coffin (合寿木)
- 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)
- Renovate a grave (修坟)
- Erect a tombstone (立碑)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Travel (出行)
- Dig a well (掘井)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Virtue (月德), King's Day (王日), Five Riches (五富), Universal Protection (普护), Five Harmony (五合), Azure Dragon (青龙), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Wandering Calamity (游祸), Blood Branch (血支), Return Taboo (归忌)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Monkey (Wu Shen day); traditionally best to avoid the North direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Jia (Yang Wood) day: traditionally, warehouses are not opened, as it is said wealth will be squandered.
Yin (Tiger) day: traditionally, sacrifices are not offered, as it is said the spirits will not partake.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | North |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2030-03-20 corresponds to Lunar month 2, day 17 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?
2030-03-20 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