Chinese Almanac for 2028-11-02
2028-11-02 is Lunar month 9, day 16 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Xin Mao day in the Wu Shen (Monkey) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2028-11-02 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 9, day 16 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Shen (Monkey) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Xu (Dog) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Xin (Yin Metal) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Year zodiac | Monkey |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Pray for offspring (求嗣)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Build a temple (造庙)
- Relocate the household fire (出火)
- Install machinery (安机械)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Open for business (开市)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Collect wealth (纳财)
- Learn a craft (习艺)
- Set up a loom (经络)
- Seek medical treatment (求医)
- Treat illness (治病)
- Dig a pond (开池)
- Build a latrine (开厕)
- Hunt (畋猎)
- Make fishing nets (结网)
- Plant (栽种)
- Raise livestock (牧养)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Dig a well (掘井)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Make roof beams (作梁)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Virtue Combination (天德合), Month's Virtue Combination (月德合), Heaven's Wish (天愿), Six Harmony (六合), Not Leading — Favorable for Marriage (不将), Sacred Heart (圣心), Five Harmony (五合), Barking Dog Opposite (鸣吠对)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Great Time (大时), Great Defeat (大败), Peach Blossom Pond (咸池), Minor Depletion (小耗), Five Voids (五虚), Gouchen — Yellow Dragon (勾陈)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rooster (Yi You day); traditionally best to avoid the West 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.
Mao (Rabbit) day: traditionally, wells are not dug, as it is said the spring water will turn foul.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southwest |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northwest |
| God of Wealth (财神) | East |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Center |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | South |
What is today's lunar date?
2028-11-02 corresponds to Lunar month 9, day 16 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?
2028-11-02 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