Chinese Almanac for 2026-10-28
2026-10-28 is Lunar month 9, day 19 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Yi Hai day in the Bing Wu (Horse) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2026-10-28 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 9, day 19 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Wu (Horse) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Xu (Dog) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Hai (Pig) |
| Year zodiac | Horse |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Travel (出行)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Make roof beams (作梁)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Move house (移徙)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Build a livestock pen (造畜稠)
- Sweep the house (扫舍)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Build a temple (造庙)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Dig a well (掘井)
- Plant (栽种)
- Build a bridge (造桥)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Break ground (动土)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Minister's Day (相日), Auspicious Period (吉期), Five Riches (五富), Reverent Peace (敬安), Jade Hall (玉堂)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Robbery Star (劫煞), Five Voids (五虚), Earth Talisman (土符), Double Day (重日)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Snake (Ji Si day); traditionally best to avoid the West direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Yi (Yin Wood) day: traditionally, planting is avoided, as it is said a thousand saplings will not grow.
Hai (Pig) day: traditionally, marriages are not held, as it is said it will be unlucky for the groom.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | South |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | North |
What is today's lunar date?
2026-10-28 corresponds to Lunar month 9, day 19 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?
2026-10-28 falls in the Bing Wu year, the year of the Horse.
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