Chinese Almanac for 2028-03-31

2028-03-31 is Lunar month 3, day 6 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Yi Mao day in the Wu Shen (Monkey) year.

Key facts

Gregorian date 2028-03-31
Lunar date Lunar month 3, day 6
Year (Ganzhi) Wu (Yang Earth) Shen (Monkey)
Month (Ganzhi) Yi (Yin Wood) Mao (Rabbit)
Day (Ganzhi) Yi (Yin Wood) Mao (Rabbit)
Year zodiac Monkey

Auspicious for (宜)

  • Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
  • Visit friends and family (会亲友)
  • Sign a contract (立券)
  • Trade (交易)
  • Cut cloth for tailoring (裁衣)
  • Make bed curtains (合帐)
  • Marry (嫁娶)
  • Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
  • Welcome new household members (进人口)

Inauspicious for (忌)

  • Plant (栽种)
  • Break ground (动土)
  • Bury the deceased (安葬)
  • Dig a well (掘井)
  • Renovate a grave (修坟)
  • Visit the sick (探病)

Auspicious spirits (吉神)

Official's Day (官日), Six Rites (六仪), Blessing Birth (福生), Five Harmony (五合), Bright Hall (明堂), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)

Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)

Month Establishment (月建), Minor Time (小时), Earth's Mansion (土府), Facing Aversion (厌对), Beckoning Star (招摇), Repeat Day (复日), Yang Error (阳错)

Clash & direction to avoid

Clashes with Rooster (Ji You day); traditionally best to avoid the West direction.

Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos

Yi (Yin Wood) day: traditionally, planting is avoided, as it is said a thousand saplings will not grow.

Mao (Rabbit) day: traditionally, wells are not dug, as it is said the spring water will turn foul.

Auspicious directions

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

What is today's lunar date?

2028-03-31 corresponds to Lunar month 3, day 6 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?

2028-03-31 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