Chinese Almanac for 2030-04-20
2030-04-20 is Lunar month 3, day 18 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Yi You day in the Geng Xu (Dog) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2030-04-20 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 3, day 18 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Xu (Dog) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Chen (Dragon) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) You (Rooster) |
| Year zodiac | Dog |
| Solar term today | Grain Rain |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Seek medical treatment (求医)
- Treat illness (治病)
- Lay the foundation (起基)
- Lay foundation stones (定磉)
- Build a boat (造船)
- Go fishing (取渔)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Thank the earth god (谢土)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Open for business (开市)
- Break ground (动土)
- Dig a well (掘井)
- Dig a pond (开池)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Wish (天愿), Six Harmony (六合), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Universal Protection (普护), Removing Spirit (除神), Precious Light (宝光), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Great Time (大时), Great Defeat (大败), Peach Blossom Pond (咸池), Minor Depletion (小耗), Five Voids (五虚), Earth Talisman (土符), Five Separations (五离)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rabbit (Ji Mao day); traditionally best to avoid the East direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Yi (Yin Wood) day: traditionally, planting is avoided, as it is said a thousand saplings will not grow.
You (Rooster) day: traditionally, guests are not entertained, as it is said drunkenness will lead to madness.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | North |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | North |
What is today's lunar date?
2030-04-20 corresponds to Lunar month 3, 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?
2030-04-20 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