Chinese Almanac for 2026-01-28
2026-01-28 is Lunar month 12, day 10 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ren Yin day in the Yi Si (Snake) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2026-01-28 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 12, day 10 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Si (Snake) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Chou (Ox) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Yin (Tiger) |
| Year zodiac | Snake |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Move house (移徙)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Plant (栽种)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Renovate a grave (修坟)
- Break ground (动土)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Open for business (开市)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Thank the earth god (谢土)
- Travel (出行)
- Visit the sick (探病)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Hour's Virtue (时德), Minister's Day (相日), Auspicious Period (吉期), Jade Palace (玉宇), Five Harmony (五合), Golden Chest (金匮), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Robbery Star (劫煞), Heaven's Thief (天贼), Five Voids (五虚)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Monkey (Bing Shen day); traditionally best to avoid the North direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Ren (Yang Water) day: traditionally, water is not released, as it is said it will be hard to contain.
Yin (Tiger) day: traditionally, sacrifices are not offered, as it is said the spirits will not partake.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | South |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | South |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | West |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | East |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2026-01-28 corresponds to Lunar month 12, day 10 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?
2026-01-28 falls in the Yi Si year, the year of the Snake.
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