Chinese Almanac for 2028-09-04
2028-09-04 is Lunar month 7, day 16 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ren Chen day in the Wu Shen (Monkey) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2028-09-04 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 7, day 16 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Shen (Monkey) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Shen (Monkey) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Chen (Dragon) |
| Year zodiac | Monkey |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Break ground (动土)
- Lay the foundation (起基)
- Release water (放水)
- Build a warehouse (造仓)
- Open for business (开市)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Raise livestock (牧养)
- Build a grave in advance while living (开生坟)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- None (无)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Virtue (月德), Mother's Granary (母仓), Month's Grace (月恩), Four Images (四相), Triple Harmony (三合), Heaven's Joy (天喜), Heaven's Physician (天医), Continuing Generations (续世), Golden Chest (金匮)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Aversion (月厌), Earth Fire (地火), Four Strikes (四击), Great Havoc (大煞), Blood Taboo (血忌)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Dog (Bing Xu day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Ren (Yang Water) day: traditionally, water is not released, as it is said it will be hard to contain.
Chen (Dragon) day: traditionally, weeping is avoided, as it is said to foretell a second death in the family.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | South |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | South |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Center |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | East |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2028-09-04 corresponds to Lunar month 7, day 16 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?
2028-09-04 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