Chinese Almanac for 2028-10-07
2028-10-07 is Lunar month 8, day 19 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Yi Chou day in the Wu Shen (Monkey) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2028-10-07 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 8, day 19 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Shen (Monkey) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) You (Rooster) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Chou (Ox) |
| Year zodiac | Monkey |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Sculpt or paint deity images (塑绘)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Install an altar (安香)
- Open for business (开市)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- End mourning (除服)
- Put on mourning clothes (成服)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Take office (赴任)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
- Travel (出行)
- Cut cloth for tailoring (裁衣)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Break ground (动土)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Set up a loom (经络)
- Trade (交易)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Fell trees (伐木)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Month's Virtue Combination (月德合), Heaven's Grace (天恩), Mother's Granary (母仓), Triple Harmony (三合), Hour's Yin (时阴), Golden Hall (金堂)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Dead Energy (死气), Gouchen — Yellow Dragon (勾陈)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Goat (Ji Wei day); traditionally best to avoid the East direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Yi (Yin Wood) day: traditionally, planting is avoided, as it is said a thousand saplings will not grow.
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) | Northwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Southwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | East |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | North |
What is today's lunar date?
2028-10-07 corresponds to Lunar month 8, day 19 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?
2028-10-07 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