Chinese Almanac for 2028-03-27

2028-03-27 is Lunar month 3, day 2 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Xin Hai day in the Wu Shen (Monkey) year.

Key facts

Gregorian date 2028-03-27
Lunar date Lunar month 3, day 2
Year (Ganzhi) Wu (Yang Earth) Shen (Monkey)
Month (Ganzhi) Yi (Yin Wood) Mao (Rabbit)
Day (Ganzhi) Xin (Yin Metal) Hai (Pig)
Year zodiac Monkey

Auspicious for (宜)

  • Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
  • Pray for offspring (求嗣)
  • Travel (出行)
  • Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
  • Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
  • Relocate the household fire (出火)
  • Dismantle (拆卸)
  • Lay the foundation (起基)
  • Renovate and build (修造)
  • Break ground (动土)
  • Raise the roof beam (上梁)
  • Move house (移徙)
  • Build a boat (造船)
  • Open for business (开市)
  • Trade (交易)
  • Sign a contract (立券)
  • Collect wealth (纳财)

Inauspicious for (忌)

  • Pray for blessings (祈福)
  • Marry (嫁娶)
  • Bury the deceased (安葬)
  • Break ground for burial (破土)

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)

Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)

Double Day (重日), Black Tortoise (元武)

Clash & direction to avoid

Clashes with Snake (Yi Si day); traditionally best to avoid the West 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.

Hai (Pig) day: traditionally, marriages are not held, as it is said it will be unlucky for the groom.

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?

2028-03-27 corresponds to Lunar month 3, day 2 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?

2028-03-27 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