Chinese Almanac for 2030-04-05
2030-04-05 is Lunar month 3, day 3 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Geng Wu day in the Geng Xu (Dog) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2030-04-05 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 3, day 3 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Xu (Dog) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Chen (Dragon) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Wu (Horse) |
| Year zodiac | Dog |
| Solar term today | Qingming (Clear and Bright) |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Sculpt or paint deity images (塑绘)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Open for business (开市)
- Travel (出行)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Make fishing nets (结网)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Build a roof (盖屋)
- Break ground (动土)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Visit the sick (探病)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Grace (月恩), Hour's Virtue (时德), People's Day (民日), Heaven's Shaman (天巫), Blessing Virtue (福德), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Disaster Star (灾煞), Heaven's Fire (天火), Great Havoc (大煞), Heaven's Punishment (天刑)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rat (Jia Zi 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.
Wu (Horse) day: traditionally, roofs are not thatched, as it is said the owner's fortune will change.
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?
2030-04-05 corresponds to Lunar month 3, day 3 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?
2030-04-05 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