Chinese Almanac for 2028-04-19
2028-04-19 is Lunar month 3, day 25 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Jia Xu day in the Wu Shen (Monkey) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2028-04-19 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 3, day 25 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Shen (Monkey) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Bing (Yang Fire) Chen (Dragon) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Xu (Dog) |
| Year zodiac | Monkey |
| Solar term today | Grain Rain |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Take a ritual bath (沐浴)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Seek medical treatment (求医)
- Treat illness (治病)
- Demolish a house (破屋)
- Demolish a wall (坏垣)
- Avoid all other matters (馀事勿取)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Open for business (开市)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heavenly Horse (天马), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Blessing Birth (福生), Untying Spirit (解神)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Breaker (月破), Great Depletion (大耗), Four Strikes (四击), Nine Voids (九空), Nine Pits (九坎), Nine Scorches (九焦), White Tiger (白虎)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Dragon (Wu Chen day); traditionally best to avoid the North direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Jia (Yang Wood) day: traditionally, warehouses are not opened, as it is said wealth will be squandered.
Xu (Dog) day: traditionally, dog meat is not eaten, as it is said strange things will happen.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southwest |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2028-04-19 corresponds to Lunar month 3, day 25 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?
2028-04-19 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