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Daily Almanac Thursday, January 29, 2026 — Gui Mao (癸卯)

The day pillar and the classical auspicious / avoid lists, computed deterministically from the soli-lunar calendar.

Day Pillar
癸卯 · Gui Mao
Month pillar
Ji Chou (己丑)
Year stem-branch
Yi Si (乙巳)
Day officer
Full
Ecliptic star
Heavenly Virtue
Lunar date
12/11
Chinese Zodiac
Rabbit

Auspicious for

  • traveling
  • laying the foundation
  • setting up the marital bed
  • receiving payments
  • trading
  • signing contracts
  • getting married
  • sowing and planting
  • encoffining
  • moving the coffin
  • burial

Avoid

  • hanging a signboard
  • moving into a new home
  • raising the roof beam
  • praying for blessings
  • filing lawsuits
  • making beams
  • building a stove
  • digging a pond
  • hanging doors
  • breaking ground
  • breaking ground for a burial
  • digging a well

The auspicious/avoid lists follow the classical almanac rule tables (the twelve day officers and the ecliptic stars), applied mechanically. For entertainment purposes only.

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