Chinese Almanac for 2028-01-30
2028-01-30 is Lunar month 1, day 5 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Jia Yin day in the Wu Shen (Monkey) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2028-01-30 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 1, day 5 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Shen (Monkey) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Gui (Yin Water) Chou (Ox) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Yin (Tiger) |
| Year zodiac | Monkey |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Move house (移徙)
- Collect wealth (纳财)
- Open for business (开市)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Seek medical treatment (求医)
- Treat illness (治病)
- Start school (入学)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Install a door (安门)
- Install an altar (安香)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Sweep the house (扫舍)
- Hang a plaque (挂匾)
- Build a grave in advance while living (开生坟)
- Make a coffin (合寿木)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Renovate a grave (修坟)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Visit the sick (探病)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Travel (出行)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Build a roof (盖屋)
- Thank the earth god (谢土)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month Void (月空), Four Images (四相), 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), Eight Winds (八风), Eight Specialization (八专)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Monkey (Wu Shen day); traditionally best to avoid the North direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Jia (Yang Wood) day: traditionally, warehouses are not opened, as it is said wealth will be squandered.
Yin (Tiger) day: traditionally, sacrifices are not offered, as it is said the spirits will not partake.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | North |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2028-01-30 corresponds to Lunar month 1, day 5 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?
2028-01-30 falls in the Wu Shen year, the year of the Monkey.
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