Chinese Almanac for 2030-04-26
2030-04-26 is Lunar month 3, day 24 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Xin Mao day in the Geng Xu (Dog) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2030-04-26 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 3, day 24 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Xu (Dog) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Chen (Dragon) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Year zodiac | Dog |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Cut cloth for tailoring (裁衣)
- Make bed curtains (合帐)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- 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)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Thank the earth god (谢土)
- Erect a tombstone (立碑)
- Build a livestock pen (造畜稠)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Dig a well (掘井)
- Install a door (安门)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Official's Day (官日), Essential Peace (要安), Five Harmony (五合), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Harm (月害), Heaven's Officer (天吏), Fatal Star (致死), Blood Branch (血支), Gouchen — Yellow Dragon (勾陈)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rooster (Yi You day); traditionally best to avoid the West direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Xin (Yin Metal) day: traditionally, sauce is not made, as it is said the owner will never taste it.
Mao (Rabbit) day: traditionally, wells are not dug, as it is said the spring water will turn foul.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | East |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Center |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | South |
What is today's lunar date?
2030-04-26 corresponds to Lunar month 3, day 24 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?
2030-04-26 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