Chinese Almanac for 2028-05-24
2028-05-24 is Lunar month 5, day 1 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ji You day in the Wu Shen (Monkey) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2028-05-24 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 5, day 1 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Shen (Monkey) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ding (Yin Fire) Si (Snake) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) You (Rooster) |
| Year zodiac | Monkey |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Install machinery (安机械)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Move house (移徙)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Sculpt or paint deity images (塑绘)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Lay the foundation (起基)
- Erect pillars (竖柱)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Install a door (安门)
- Install an altar (安香)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Build a roof (盖屋)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Break ground (动土)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Marry (嫁娶)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Grace (天恩), Month's Grace (月恩), Four Images (四相), People's Day (民日), Triple Harmony (三合), Hour's Yin (时阴), Essential Peace (要安), Removing Spirit (除神), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Dead Energy (死气), Earth Pouch (地囊), Five Separations (五离), Vermilion Bird (朱雀)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rabbit (Gui Mao day); traditionally best to avoid the East direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Ji (Yin Earth) day: traditionally, contracts are not torn up, as it is said both parties will suffer loss.
You (Rooster) day: traditionally, guests are not entertained, as it is said drunkenness will lead to madness.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | North |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southwest |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | North |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2028-05-24 corresponds to Lunar month 5, day 1 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?
2028-05-24 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