Chinese Almanac for 2028-08-08

2028-08-08 is Lunar month 6, day 18 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Yi Chou day in the Wu Shen (Monkey) year.

Key facts

Gregorian date 2028-08-08
Lunar date Lunar month 6, day 18
Year (Ganzhi) Wu (Yang Earth) Shen (Monkey)
Month (Ganzhi) Geng (Yang Metal) Shen (Monkey)
Day (Ganzhi) Yi (Yin Wood) Chou (Ox)
Year zodiac Monkey

Auspicious for (宜)

  • Break ground for burial (破土)
  • Bury the deceased (安葬)
  • Move the coffin (移柩)
  • Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
  • Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
  • Hunt or trap (捕捉)
  • End mourning (除服)
  • Put on mourning clothes (成服)
  • Avoid all other matters (馀事勿取)

Inauspicious for (忌)

  • Marry (嫁娶)
  • Move into a new home (入宅)
  • Open for business (开市)
  • Trade (交易)

Auspicious spirits (吉神)

Heaven's Grace (天恩), Mother's Granary (母仓), Bright Hall (明堂)

Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)

Minor Depletion (小耗), Return Taboo (归忌)

Clash & direction to avoid

Clashes with Goat (Ji Wei day); traditionally best to avoid the East direction.

Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos

Yi (Yin Wood) day: traditionally, planting is avoided, as it is said a thousand saplings will not grow.

Chou (Ox) day: traditionally, a capping ceremony is not held, as it is said the honoree will not return home.

Auspicious directions

God of Joy (喜神) Northwest
God of Fortune (福神) Southwest
God of Wealth (财神) Northeast
Tai Sui (太岁) East
Yang Noble God (阳贵神) Southwest
Yin Noble God (阴贵神) North

What is today's lunar date?

2028-08-08 corresponds to Lunar month 6, day 18 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?

2028-08-08 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