Chinese Almanac for 2028-10-01
2028-10-01 is Lunar month 8, day 13 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Ji Wei day in the Wu Shen (Monkey) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2028-10-01 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 8, day 13 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Shen (Monkey) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) You (Rooster) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Wei (Goat) |
| Year zodiac | Monkey |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Hold Ghost Festival rites (普渡)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Hunt or trap (捕捉)
- Hunt (畋猎)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Open for business (开市)
- Break ground (动土)
- Dig a well (掘井)
- Dig a pond (开池)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Mother's Granary (母仓), Yin Virtue (阴德), Hour's Yang (时阳), Vital Energy (生气), Heaven's Granary (天仓), Precious Light (宝光)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Five Voids (五虚), Nine Voids (九空), Earth Talisman (土符), Eight Specialization (八专)
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?
2028-10-01 corresponds to Lunar month 8, day 13 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?
2028-10-01 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