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Chinese calendar, 7 August 2028
7 August 2028 is lunar month 6, day 17, 2028, the Earth Monkey year. The day pillar is Yang Wood Rat. 24 named Yi activities; 5 named Ji activities. 6 auspicious time windows; waning gibbous.
Monday
August 2028
Lunar date
6th Month · 17th Day
二〇二八年六月十七
Year of the
Earth generates Metal in the Five Phases, so the year element supports the Monkey’s fixed element.
Moon phase
Lunar day 17 · between principal phases
Daily almanac · 2028-08-07
The daily almanac & observances
甲子 Yang Wood Rat
The stem gives Wood; the branch gives Rat.
Read this stem against your Day Master →Huang Dao and Hei Dao name the day-god cycle. For a particular plan, read its Yi and Ji activities below.
宜 Traditionally suitable
- Hold a wedding嫁娶
- Ritual offerings祭祀
- Pray for blessings祈福
- Pray for children求嗣
- Move a sacred altar or flame出火
- Travel出行
- Consecrate a sacred image开光
- Ritual cleansing or removal解除
- Dismantle a structure拆卸
- Build or renovate修造
- Add a member to the household进人口
- Install an incense altar安香
- Trade交易
- Sign a contract立券
- Move into a new home入宅
- Move residence移徙
- Set up a bed安床
- Begin construction earthworks动土
- Begin burial excavation破土
- Thanksgiving rite after building谢土
- Burial安葬
- Place the deceased in a coffin入殓
- End the mourning-clothes period除服
- Begin wearing mourning clothes成服
忌 Traditionally avoid
- Daoist fasting and offering rites斋醮
- Open a business or market开市
- Open a storehouse开仓
- Build or install a stove作灶
- Build a boat造船
Month 6 · 29 days
22 July 2028–19 August 2028. 12 days remain after this date.
Follow the Moon through this month →Qixi
26 August 2028 · Across documented Chinese traditions, women and girls have set out seasonal fruit and held needlework or other skill contests, though forms differ sharply by region and many have faded.
The Moon this month · UTC+8
August 2028 moon phases
Full moon
Lunar 6/15
Last quarter
Lunar 6/23
New moon
Lunar 7/1
First quarter
Lunar 7/8
Calculated phase moments use fixed UTC+8. A lunar day number and a Moon phase describe different things. How they fit together →
The surrounding month
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Calendar terms explained
This day in the traditional cycles
Each result below names this date’s position and explains what the term means.
- Day pillar 日柱
- Yang Wood Rat · 甲子— this date’s position in the repeating 60-day stem–branch cycle.Hidden stems are stems conventionally contained in the day pillar’s earthly branch. Primary is the main layer; middle and residual are secondary layers.
- Yin Water · Guǐ 癸 (primary)
- Month pillar 月柱
- Yang Metal Monkey · 庚申— the month’s position in the 60-part stem–branch cycle.
- Year pillar 年柱
- Yang Earth Monkey · 戊申— Earth generates Metal; the year’s position in the 60-year cycle.
- Day Na Yin 纳音
- Sea Metal · 海中金— a fixed named element assigned to this pillar; its element is Metal.
- Day animal 生肖
- Rat · 鼠— the animal of the earthly branch in this date’s pillar.
- Opposes 冲
- Yang Earth Horse · 戊午— a Six Clash (六冲), the branch directly opposite this date’s branch in the 12-branch cycle.
- Lunar mansion 宿
- Net · 毕— this date’s position in the repeating 28-mansion cycle.West palace (西) · Crow creature (乌) · traditionally favourable (吉)
- Day officer 建除
- Settle · 定— determined by this date’s earthly branch relative to its solar-term month branch.
- Auspicious directions 吉方
- Joy 喜神: Northeast (东北)
- Blessing 福神: North (正北)
- Wealth 财神: Northeast (东北)
- Peng Zu lines 彭祖百忌
- The verse cautions against opening a storehouse, saying possessions may be lost.甲不开仓财物耗散The verse cautions against divination, saying it may invite trouble.子不问卜自惹祸殃Two traditional almanac caution lines selected by this date’s stem and branch.
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