Chinese Almanac for 2028-02-06
2028-02-06 is Lunar month 1, day 12 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Xin You day in the Wu Shen (Monkey) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2028-02-06 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 1, day 12 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Shen (Monkey) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Yin (Tiger) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) You (Rooster) |
| Year zodiac | Monkey |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Take a ritual bath (沐浴)
- Build a grave in advance while living (开生坟)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Make a coffin (合寿木)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Open for business (开市)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Virtue Combination (月德合), Yin Virtue (阴德), Blessing Birth (福生), Removing Spirit (除神), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Heaven's Officer (天吏), Fatal Star (致死), Four Wastes (四废), Five Voids (五虚), Five Separations (五离), Black Tortoise (元武), Triple Yin (三阴)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rabbit (Yi Mao day); traditionally best to avoid the East direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Xin (Yin Metal) day: traditionally, sauce is not made, as it is said the owner will never taste it.
You (Rooster) day: traditionally, guests are not entertained, as it is said drunkenness will lead to madness.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | East |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southwest |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | South |
What is today's lunar date?
2028-02-06 corresponds to Lunar month 1, day 12 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?
2028-02-06 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