Chinese Almanac for 2028-03-04

2028-03-04 is Lunar month 2, day 9 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Wu Zi day in the Wu Shen (Monkey) year.

Key facts

Gregorian date 2028-03-04
Lunar date Lunar month 2, day 9
Year (Ganzhi) Wu (Yang Earth) Shen (Monkey)
Month (Ganzhi) Jia (Yang Wood) Yin (Tiger)
Day (Ganzhi) Wu (Yang Earth) Zi (Rat)
Year zodiac Monkey

Auspicious for (宜)

  • Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
  • Take a ritual bath (沐浴)
  • Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
  • Sculpt or paint deity images (塑绘)
  • Pray for blessings (祈福)
  • Pray for offspring (求嗣)
  • Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
  • Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
  • Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
  • Cut cloth for tailoring (裁衣)
  • Marry (嫁娶)
  • Break ground (动土)
  • End mourning (除服)
  • Put on mourning clothes (成服)
  • Move the coffin (移柩)
  • Break ground for burial (破土)
  • Exhume for reburial (启钻)
  • Travel (出行)
  • Install a millstone (安碓磑)
  • Release water (放水)
  • Open for business (开市)
  • Sign a contract (立券)
  • Trade (交易)

Inauspicious for (忌)

  • Bury the deceased (安葬)
  • Raise the roof beam (上梁)
  • Move into a new home (入宅)
  • Build the stove (作灶)

Auspicious spirits (吉神)

Mother's Granary (母仓), Hour's Yang (时阳), Vital Energy (生气), Benefiting Descendants (益后), Azure Dragon (青龙)

Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)

Disaster Star (灾煞), Heaven's Fire (天火)

Clash & direction to avoid

Clashes with Horse (Ren Wu day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.

Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos

Wu (Yang Earth) day: traditionally, land is not accepted, as it is said to be inauspicious for the landowner.

Zi (Rat) day: traditionally, diviners are not consulted, as it is said doing so brings calamity on oneself.

Auspicious directions

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

What is today's lunar date?

2028-03-04 corresponds to Lunar month 2, 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?

2028-03-04 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