Chinese Almanac for 2028-02-28

2028-02-28 is Lunar month 2, day 4 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Gui Wei day in the Wu Shen (Monkey) year.

Key facts

Gregorian date 2028-02-28
Lunar date Lunar month 2, day 4
Year (Ganzhi) Wu (Yang Earth) Shen (Monkey)
Month (Ganzhi) Jia (Yang Wood) Yin (Tiger)
Day (Ganzhi) Gui (Yin Water) Wei (Goat)
Year zodiac Monkey

Auspicious for (宜)

  • Start school (入学)
  • Learn a craft (习艺)
  • Travel (出行)
  • Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
  • Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
  • Marry (嫁娶)
  • Visit friends and family (会亲友)
  • Welcome new household members (进人口)
  • Raise livestock (牧养)
  • Hunt or trap (捕捉)
  • Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
  • Move the coffin (移柩)
  • Bury the deceased (安葬)
  • Exhume for reburial (启钻)

Inauspicious for (忌)

  • Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
  • Open for business (开市)
  • Move into a new home (入宅)
  • Break ground (动土)
  • Build a roof (盖屋)

Auspicious spirits (吉神)

Heaven's Grace (天恩), Reverent Peace (敬安), Jade Hall (玉堂)

Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)

Minor Depletion (小耗), Water Dragon Contact (触水龙)

Clash & direction to avoid

Clashes with Ox (Ding Chou day); traditionally best to avoid the West direction.

Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos

Gui (Yin Water) day: traditionally, lawsuits are not filed, as it is said one's case will be weak and the opponent strong.

Wei (Goat) day: traditionally, medicine is not taken, as it is said poison will enter the intestines.

Auspicious directions

God of Joy (喜神) Southeast
God of Fortune (福神) Northeast
God of Wealth (财神) South
Tai Sui (太岁) Southwest
Yang Noble God (阳贵神) Southeast
Yin Noble God (阴贵神) East

What is today's lunar date?

2028-02-28 corresponds to Lunar month 2, day 4 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?

2028-02-28 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