Chinese Almanac for 2028-09-25

2028-09-25 is Lunar month 8, day 7 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Gui Chou day in the Wu Shen (Monkey) year.

Key facts

Gregorian date 2028-09-25
Lunar date Lunar month 8, day 7
Year (Ganzhi) Wu (Yang Earth) Shen (Monkey)
Month (Ganzhi) Xin (Yin Metal) You (Rooster)
Day (Ganzhi) Gui (Yin Water) Chou (Ox)
Year zodiac Monkey

Auspicious for (宜)

  • Marry (嫁娶)
  • Build a cart or tool (造车器)
  • Install machinery (安机械)
  • Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
  • Pray for blessings (祈福)
  • Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
  • Install an altar (安香)
  • Relocate the household fire (出火)
  • Travel (出行)
  • Open for business (开市)
  • Sign a contract (立券)
  • Renovate and build (修造)
  • Break ground (动土)
  • Move house (移徙)
  • Move into a new home (入宅)
  • Break ground for burial (破土)
  • Bury the deceased (安葬)

Inauspicious for (忌)

  • Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
  • Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
  • Set up a frame (架马)
  • File a lawsuit (词讼)
  • Dig a canal (开渠)

Auspicious spirits (吉神)

Heaven's Grace (天恩), Mother's Granary (母仓), Month's Grace (月恩), Four Images (四相), Triple Harmony (三合), Hour's Yin (时阴), Golden Hall (金堂)

Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)

Dead Energy (死气), Eight Specialization (八专), Water Dragon Contact (触水龙), Gouchen — Yellow Dragon (勾陈)

Clash & direction to avoid

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

Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos

Gui (Yin Water) day: traditionally, lawsuits are not filed, as it is said one's case will be weak and the opponent strong.

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) Southeast
God of Fortune (福神) Northeast
God of Wealth (财神) South
Tai Sui (太岁) North
Yang Noble God (阳贵神) Southeast
Yin Noble God (阴贵神) East

What is today's lunar date?

2028-09-25 corresponds to Lunar month 8, day 7 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?

2028-09-25 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