Chinese Almanac for 2028-03-28
2028-03-28 is Lunar month 3, day 3 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ren Zi day in the Wu Shen (Monkey) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2028-03-28 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 3, day 3 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Shen (Monkey) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Zi (Rat) |
| Year zodiac | Monkey |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Get a haircut (理发)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
- Plant (栽种)
- Hunt or trap (捕捉)
- Get acupuncture (针灸)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Collect wealth (纳财)
- Open for business (开市)
- 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), Yang Virtue (阳德), Kitchen God (司命), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Heaven's Net (天罡), Month Punishment (月刑), Great Time (大时), Great Defeat (大败), Peach Blossom Pond (咸池), Heaven's Thief (天贼), Four Depletions (四耗)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Horse (Bing Wu day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Ren (Yang Water) day: traditionally, water is not released, as it is said it will be hard to contain.
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) | South |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | South |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | North |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | East |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2028-03-28 corresponds to Lunar month 3, day 3 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?
2028-03-28 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