Chinese Almanac for 2028-10-02
2028-10-02 is Lunar month 8, day 14 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Geng Shen day in the Wu Shen (Monkey) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2028-10-02 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 8, day 14 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Shen (Monkey) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) You (Rooster) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Geng (Yang Metal) Shen (Monkey) |
| Year zodiac | Monkey |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Travel (出行)
- Perform a purification ritual (解除)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Set up a frame (架马)
- Drill pillar mortises (开柱眼)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Break ground (动土)
- Move house (移徙)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Build a grave in advance while living (开生坟)
- Make a coffin (合寿木)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Renovate a grave (修坟)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Open for business (开市)
- Set up a bed (安床)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Virtue (月德), King's Day (王日), Heavenly Horse (天马), Five Riches (五富), Sacred Heart (圣心), Removing Spirit (除神), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Wandering Calamity (游祸), Blood Branch (血支), Five Separations (五离), Eight Specialization (八专), White Tiger (白虎)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Tiger (Jia Yin day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Geng (Yang Metal) day: traditionally, looms are not set up, as it is said the work will come to nothing.
Shen (Monkey) day: traditionally, beds are not set up, as it is said spirits will enter the room.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | East |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southwest |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | South |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2028-10-02 corresponds to Lunar month 8, day 14 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?
2028-10-02 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