Chinese Almanac for 2028-11-01

2028-11-01 is Lunar month 9, day 15 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Geng Yin day in the Wu Shen (Monkey) year.

Key facts

Gregorian date 2028-11-01
Lunar date Lunar month 9, day 15
Year (Ganzhi) Wu (Yang Earth) Shen (Monkey)
Month (Ganzhi) Ren (Yang Water) Xu (Dog)
Day (Ganzhi) Geng (Yang Metal) Yin (Tiger)
Year zodiac Monkey

Auspicious for (宜)

  • Hunt or trap (捕捉)
  • Make fishing nets (结网)
  • Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
  • End mourning (除服)
  • Put on mourning clothes (成服)
  • Move the coffin (移柩)
  • Break ground for burial (破土)
  • Bury the deceased (安葬)
  • Exhume for reburial (启钻)
  • Erect a tombstone (立碑)

Inauspicious for (忌)

  • Marry (嫁娶)
  • Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
  • Move into a new home (入宅)
  • Build a roof (盖屋)
  • Move house (移徙)

Auspicious spirits (吉神)

Month's Grace (月恩), Yang Virtue (阳德), Triple Harmony (三合), Day of Attendance (临日), Hour's Yin (时阴), Five Harmony (五合), Kitchen God (司命), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)

Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)

Month Aversion (月厌), Earth Fire (地火), Dead Energy (死气), Nine Pits (九坎), Nine Scorches (九焦), Ruthless Conduct (行狠)

Clash & direction to avoid

Clashes with Monkey (Jia Shen day); traditionally best to avoid the North 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.

Yin (Tiger) day: traditionally, sacrifices are not offered, as it is said the spirits will not partake.

Auspicious directions

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

What is today's lunar date?

2028-11-01 corresponds to Lunar month 9, 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?

2028-11-01 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