Chinese Almanac for 2028-10-03

2028-10-03 is Lunar month 8, day 15 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Xin You day in the Wu Shen (Monkey) year.

Key facts

Gregorian date 2028-10-03
Lunar date Lunar month 8, day 15
Year (Ganzhi) Wu (Yang Earth) Shen (Monkey)
Month (Ganzhi) Xin (Yin Metal) You (Rooster)
Day (Ganzhi) Xin (Yin Metal) You (Rooster)
Year zodiac Monkey

Auspicious for (宜)

  • Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
  • Pray for blessings (祈福)
  • Pray for offspring (求嗣)
  • Travel (出行)
  • Take a ritual bath (沐浴)
  • Trade (交易)
  • Sweep the house (扫舍)
  • Train cattle and horses (教牛马)

Inauspicious for (忌)

  • Break ground (动土)
  • Build the stove (作灶)
  • Hold a funeral procession (行丧)
  • Bury the deceased (安葬)
  • Renovate a grave (修坟)

Auspicious spirits (吉神)

Official's Day (官日), Six Rites (六仪), Benefiting Descendants (益后), Removing Spirit (除神), Jade Hall (玉堂), Barking Dog (鸣吠)

Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)

Month Establishment (月建), Minor Time (小时), Earth's Mansion (土府), Month Punishment (月刑), Facing Aversion (厌对), Beckoning Star (招摇), Repeat Day (复日), Five Separations (五离), Yang Error (阳错)

Clash & direction to avoid

Clashes with Rabbit (Yi Mao day); traditionally best to avoid the East direction.

Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos

Xin (Yin Metal) day: traditionally, sauce is not made, as it is said the owner will never taste it.

You (Rooster) day: traditionally, guests are not entertained, as it is said drunkenness will lead to madness.

Auspicious directions

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

What is today's lunar date?

2028-10-03 corresponds to Lunar month 8, day 15 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?

2028-10-03 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