Chinese Almanac for 2028-01-25

2028-01-25 is Lunar month 12, day 29 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ji You day in the Ding Wei (Goat) year.

Key facts

Gregorian date 2028-01-25
Lunar date Lunar month 12, day 29
Year (Ganzhi) Ding (Yin Fire) Wei (Goat)
Month (Ganzhi) Gui (Yin Water) Chou (Ox)
Day (Ganzhi) Ji (Yin Earth) You (Rooster)
Year zodiac Goat

Auspicious for (宜)

  • Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
  • Take a ritual bath (沐浴)
  • Repair a wall (补垣)
  • Seal up holes and burrows (塞穴)
  • Exterminate ants (断蚁)
  • Perform a purification ritual (解除)
  • Avoid all other matters (馀事勿取)

Inauspicious for (忌)

  • Build a temple (造庙)
  • Move into a new home (入宅)
  • Renovate and build (修造)
  • Bury the deceased (安葬)
  • Hold a funeral procession (行丧)
  • Marry (嫁娶)

Auspicious spirits (吉神)

Heaven's Grace (天恩), Mother's Granary (母仓), Triple Harmony (三合), Day of Attendance (临日), Heaven's Joy (天喜), Heaven's Physician (天医), Removing Spirit (除神), Barking Dog (鸣吠)

Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)

Great Havoc (大煞), Repeat Day (复日), Five Separations (五离), Gouchen — Yellow Dragon (勾陈)

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) Southwest
Yang Noble God (阳贵神) North
Yin Noble God (阴贵神) Southwest

What is today's lunar date?

2028-01-25 corresponds to Lunar month 12, day 29 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?

2028-01-25 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