Chinese Almanac for 2024-01-28
2024-01-28 is Lunar month 12, day 18 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Xin Mao day in the Gui Mao (Rabbit) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2024-01-28 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 12, day 18 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Chou (Ox) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Year zodiac | Rabbit |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Travel (出行)
- Get a haircut (理发)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Renovate a grave (修坟)
- Open for business (开市)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Collect wealth (纳财)
- Dig a pond (开池)
- Raise livestock (牧养)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Dig a well (掘井)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Thank the earth god (谢土)
- Break ground (动土)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Build the stove (作灶)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Grace (月恩), People's Day (民日), Heaven's Shaman (天巫), Blessing Virtue (福德), Heaven's Granary (天仓), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Golden Hall (金堂), Five Harmony (五合), Precious Light (宝光), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Disaster Star (灾煞), Heaven's Fire (天火)
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?
2024-01-28 corresponds to Lunar month 12, 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?
2024-01-28 falls in the Gui Mao year, the year of the Rabbit.
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