Chinese Almanac for 2028-04-09
2028-04-09 is Lunar month 3, day 15 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Jia Zi day in the Wu Shen (Monkey) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2028-04-09 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 3, day 15 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Shen (Monkey) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Chen (Dragon) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Zi (Rat) |
| Year zodiac | Monkey |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Open for business (开市)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Hang a plaque (挂匾)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Ask the bride's name (问名)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Open a warehouse (开仓)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Break ground (动土)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Fell trees (伐木)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Grace (天恩), Mother's Granary (母仓), Triple Harmony (三合), Heaven's Joy (天喜), Heaven's Physician (天医), Heaven's Granary (天仓), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Sacred Heart (圣心)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Four Taboos (四忌), Eight Dragons (八龙), Earth Pouch (地囊), Return Taboo (归忌), Heaven's Prison (天牢)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Horse (Wu Wu day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Jia (Yang Wood) day: traditionally, warehouses are not opened, as it is said wealth will be squandered.
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) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | East |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2028-04-09 corresponds to Lunar month 3, day 15 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?
2028-04-09 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