Chinese Almanac for 2028-08-02
2028-08-02 is Lunar month 6, day 12 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ji Wei day in the Wu Shen (Monkey) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2028-08-02 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 6, day 12 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Shen (Monkey) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Wei (Goat) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Wei (Goat) |
| Year zodiac | Monkey |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Open for business (开市)
- Collect wealth (纳财)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Sculpt or paint deity images (塑绘)
- Install machinery (安机械)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Cut cloth for tailoring (裁衣)
- Open a warehouse (开仓)
- Set up a loom (经络)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Build a livestock pen (造畜稠)
- Train cattle and horses (教牛马)
- Raise livestock (牧养)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Break ground (动土)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Treat illness (治病)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Virtue Combination (天德合), Month's Virtue Combination (月德合), Four Images (四相), Guarding Day (守日), Sacred Heart (圣心)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Establishment (月建), Minor Time (小时), Earth's Mansion (土府), Repeat Day (复日), Eight Specialization (八专), Black Tortoise (元武), Yang Error (阳错)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Ox (Gui Chou day); traditionally best to avoid the West 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.
Wei (Goat) day: traditionally, medicine is not taken, as it is said poison will enter the intestines.
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?
2028-08-02 corresponds to Lunar month 6, 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?
2028-08-02 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