Chinese Almanac for 2028-11-05
2028-11-05 is Lunar month 9, day 19 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Jia Wu day in the Wu Shen (Monkey) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2028-11-05 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 9, day 19 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Shen (Monkey) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ren (Yang Water) Xu (Dog) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Wu (Horse) |
| Year zodiac | Monkey |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Sculpt or paint deity images (塑绘)
- Consecrate a deity statue (开光)
- Pray for blessings (祈福)
- Hold a Taoist purification rite (斋醮)
- Travel (出行)
- Hold an engagement ceremony (订盟)
- Present betrothal gifts (纳采)
- Cut cloth for tailoring (裁衣)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Dismantle (拆卸)
- Renovate and build (修造)
- Set up a bed (安床)
- Move into a new home (入宅)
- Install an altar (安香)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Thank the earth god (谢土)
- Take office (赴任)
- Visit friends and family (会亲友)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
- Move house (移徙)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Set up a loom (经络)
- Open for business (开市)
- Trade (交易)
- Sign a contract (立券)
- Collect wealth (纳财)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Open a warehouse (开仓)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Make roof beams (作梁)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Triple Harmony (三合), Heaven's Joy (天喜), Heaven's Physician (天医), Heaven's Granary (天仓), Essential Peace (要安), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Heaven's Punishment (天刑)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Rat (Wu Zi day); traditionally best to avoid the North direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Jia (Yang Wood) day: traditionally, warehouses are not opened, as it is said wealth will be squandered.
Wu (Horse) day: traditionally, roofs are not thatched, as it is said the owner's fortune will change.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Northeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | North |
| God of Wealth (财神) | Northeast |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Southwest |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2028-11-05 corresponds to Lunar month 9, 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?
2028-11-05 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