Chinese Almanac for 2028-04-06
2028-04-06 is Lunar month 3, day 12 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Xin You day in the Wu Shen (Monkey) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2028-04-06 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 3, day 12 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Shen (Monkey) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Chen (Dragon) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) You (Rooster) |
| Year zodiac | Monkey |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Trim nails (整手足甲)
- Hunt or trap (捕捉)
- Hunt (畋猎)
- Go fishing (取渔)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
- Sweep the house (扫舍)
- Thank the earth god (谢土)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Break ground (动土)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Six Harmony (六合), Universal Protection (普护), Removing Spirit (除神), Precious Light (宝光), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Great Time (大时), Great Defeat (大败), Peach Blossom Pond (咸池), Minor Depletion (小耗), Four Wastes (四废), Five Voids (五虚), Earth Talisman (土符), Five Separations (五离)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rabbit (Yi Mao day); traditionally best to avoid the East 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.
You (Rooster) day: traditionally, guests are not entertained, as it is said drunkenness will lead to madness.
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?
2028-04-06 corresponds to Lunar month 3, day 12 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?
2028-04-06 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