Chinese Almanac for 2028-01-05
2028-01-05 is Lunar month 12, day 9 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ji Chou day in the Ding Wei (Goat) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2028-01-05 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 12, day 9 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Wei (Goat) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Zi (Rat) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Chou (Ox) |
| Year zodiac | Goat |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Install an altar (安香)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Travel (出行)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Set up a loom (经络)
- Seek medical treatment (求医)
- Treat illness (治病)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Lay the foundation (起基)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Break ground (动土)
- Lay foundation stones (定磉)
- Sweep the house (扫舍)
- Plant (栽种)
- Raise livestock (牧养)
- Build a livestock pen (造畜稠)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Make roof beams (作梁)
- Dig a well (掘井)
- Hold a funeral procession (行丧)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Yin Virtue (阴德), Guarding Day (守日), Auspicious Period (吉期), Six Harmony (六合), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Universal Protection (普护), Precious Light (宝光)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Four Departures (四离), Triple Mourning (三丧)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Goat (Gui Wei 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.
Chou (Ox) day: traditionally, a capping ceremony is not held, as it is said the honoree will not return home.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | North |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Center |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | North |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2028-01-05 corresponds to Lunar month 12, day 9 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?
2028-01-05 falls in the Ding Wei year, the year of the Goat.
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