Lunar day 1

The lunar day turns at moonrise, not midnight, so day 1 rarely lines up with a calendar date — most dates hold two different readings. Everything below is traditional material, quoted as it was received.

Favoured on lunar day 1

A beauty treatment: The tradition holds this day as excellent for facial skincare treatments.
Look for work: The tradition names this day outright as a good one for looking for a new job.
Nails: The tradition holds the first lunar day as a good time for a manicure or pedicure.
Clear things out: The tradition holds that the 1st lunar day suits light decluttering and getting rid of unnecessary belongings, even though big projects are discouraged.
Apologise or make up: The tradition holds this as a day when forgiveness comes easily and grudges are best released.
Make something: The tradition holds that making things comes more easily on this day, especially when revisiting projects already begun.
Travel: The tradition holds this day favourable for travel, provided the journey was planned in advance rather than decided on a whim.
Prune or cut back: The tradition holds this a good day for clearing away dry branches and unwanted growth, which includes cutting back.
Start a training plan: The tradition treats this day as a time for setting fitness goals and intentions rather than hard training, so mapping out a new training plan fits it well.
Have a hard conversation: The tradition treats this day as one where grudges dissolve easily, so clearing the air with someone is said to come more readily.
Get married: The tradition frames this day around forgiveness and clearing old grudges rather than celebration or union, so it says little for or against a wedding.
Start learning something: The tradition treats this day as suited to light learning, planning and mental preparation rather than deep new study, so beginning a subject is only mildly supported.
Study or sit an exam: The tradition sees this as a day for light study and planning rather than deep work, with exams to be met calmly rather than avoided.

Discouraged on lunar day 1

Plant or sow: The tradition holds that the first lunar day is not suited to planting or sowing, favouring garden clearing instead.
Exercise or train: The tradition holds that this day calls for minimizing workouts, favouring gentle movement and goal-setting over training.
Move or renovate: The tradition holds that the 1st lunar day is for light tidying rather than renovations or big changes to the home.
Cut my hair: Traditionally a day for setting intentions rather than acting on appearance.
Pay attention to dreams: The tradition holds that dreams on this day are not prophetic and are best left unanalysed.
Deep clean: The tradition steers this day toward light cleaning and tidying rather than major household work, so a deep clean is discouraged.
Fix or repair something: The tradition holds that the 1st lunar day is for light tidying rather than major fixing or renovation work.
Sign a contract: The tradition treats this day as one for planning rather than committing, advising that decisions be put off — which would include putting your name to a contract.
Start something new: The tradition treats the first lunar day as a time for planning and reflection rather than committing to a new venture, since decisions are meant to be postponed.
Make a big purchase: The tradition treats this day as a planning day and holds that major decisions, including a large purchase, are better postponed.
Negotiate or ask for a raise: The tradition treats this as a day for planning rather than settling matters, so a raise request or negotiation is better thought through than raised.

How much weight to give this

This is inherited material, not a finding. When we checked these readings against the tradition's own named authorities, they contradicted each other on all 29 lunar days — the same day called auspicious by one source and ruinous by another. We publish what the corpus says and label it, rather than choosing the most confident version and calling it settled.

What is exact is the astronomy: when day 1 begins and ends where you are, down to the minute.