Chinese Almanac for 2021-10-28

2021-10-28 is Lunar month 9, day 23 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ji You day in the Xin Chou (Ox) year.

Key facts

Gregorian date 2021-10-28
Lunar date Lunar month 9, day 23
Year (Ganzhi) Xin (Yin Metal) Chou (Ox)
Month (Ganzhi) Wu (Yang Earth) Xu (Dog)
Day (Ganzhi) Ji (Yin Earth) You (Rooster)
Year zodiac Ox

Auspicious for (宜)

  • Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
  • Perform a purification ritual (解除)
  • Cut cloth for tailoring (裁衣)
  • Get a haircut (理发)
  • Set up a bed (安床)
  • Build the stove (作灶)
  • Build a livestock pen (造畜稠)
  • Release water (放水)
  • Build a dike (筑堤)
  • Repair a wall (补垣)
  • Seal up holes and burrows (塞穴)
  • Trim nails (整手足甲)
  • Sweep the house (扫舍)

Inauspicious for (忌)

  • Marry (嫁娶)
  • Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
  • Visit friends and family (会亲友)
  • Dig a well (掘井)
  • Install a door (安门)
  • Plant (栽种)

Auspicious spirits (吉神)

Heaven's Grace (天恩), Official's Day (官日), Removing Spirit (除神), Precious Light (宝光), Barking Dog (鸣吠)

Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)

Month Harm (月害), Heaven's Officer (天吏), Fatal Star (致死), Blood Branch (血支), Five Separations (五离)

Clash & direction to avoid

Clashes with Rabbit (Gui Mao day); traditionally best to avoid the East direction.

Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos

Ji (Yin Earth) day: traditionally, contracts are not torn up, as it is said both parties will suffer loss.

You (Rooster) day: traditionally, guests are not entertained, as it is said drunkenness will lead to madness.

Auspicious directions

God of Joy (喜神) Northeast
God of Fortune (福神) North
God of Wealth (财神) North
Tai Sui (太岁) Northeast
Yang Noble God (阳贵神) North
Yin Noble God (阴贵神) Southwest

What is today's lunar date?

2021-10-28 corresponds to Lunar month 9, day 23 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?

2021-10-28 falls in the Xin Chou year, the year of the Ox.

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