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October 2028

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寒露Cold DewOct 8 · 02:08 UTC+8 霜降Frost DescentOct 23 · 05:13 UTC+8

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Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
						1 Open 己未昴宿 Pleiades
2 Close 庚申畢宿 Net	3 Establish 辛酉觜宿 Beak	4 Remove 壬戌參宿 Three Stars	5 Full 癸亥井宿 Well	6 Balance 甲子鬼宿 Ghost	7 Stable 乙丑柳宿 Willow	8 Stable 丙寅星宿 Star 寒露歲破
9 Initiate 丁卯張宿 Extended Net	10 Destruction 戊辰翼宿 Wings 月破	11 Danger 己巳軫宿 Chariot	12 Success 庚午角宿 Horn 災煞	13 Receive 辛未亢宿 Neck	14 Open 壬申氐宿 Root	15 Close 癸酉房宿 Room 楊公忌
16 Establish 甲戌心宿 Heart	17 Remove 乙亥尾宿 Tail	18 Full 丙子箕宿 Winnowing Basket	19 Balance 丁丑斗宿 Dipper	20 Stable 戊寅牛宿 Ox 歲破	21 Initiate 己卯女宿 Maiden	22 Destruction 庚辰虛宿 Void 月破
23 Danger 辛巳危宿 Rooftop 霜降	24 Success 壬午室宿 Encampment 災煞	25 Receive 癸未壁宿 Wall	26 Open 甲申奎宿 Legs	27 Close 乙酉婁宿 Bond	28 Establish 丙戌胃宿 Stomach	29 Remove 丁亥昴宿 Pleiades
30 Full 戊子畢宿 Net	31 Balance 己丑觜宿 Beak

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The day's foundation

This day in the Chinese calendar

Heavenly stems & earthly branches
29 October 2028

Day

丁亥Ding HaiYin Fire Pig

Month

壬戌Ren XuYang Water Dog

Year

戊申Wu ShenYang Earth Monkey

昴

28 lunar mansions · 二十八宿

Pleiades Mǎo

West · White Tiger 白虎 · 18 of 28

Traditional tendency: Mixed

Traditionally suited to

Building

Traditionally less suited to

Weddings; burials; waterworks

Mansion guidance is informational and does not change activity matches. The daily almanac cycle changes at midnight (UTC+8); it describes a traditional calendar assignment, not the Moon's current position.

About this reading

These short activity notes summarise traditional daily-mansion verses. “Mixed” means the verse supports some activities and cautions against others. “Supportive” and “Caution” describe the mansion's register, not an overall rating for this date. Read it together with the day officer and day markers.

Read the traditional verses (Chinese). The 28-day sequence includes Ox and continues through lunar months and leap days. Other mansion traditions can assign different results. The hourly pillar's 23:00 rollover does not change this midnight-based mansion.

A closer look

Hours of the day

Sun, 29 Oct 2028

Traditional two-hour periods, split at midnight. The 23:00 Rat hour begins the next day's cycle. Times use UTC+8, without local solar-time correction.

Time (UTC+8)	Hour pillar	Hour deity	Traditional quality
00:00–00:59	庚子 Geng ZiRat	White Tiger 白虎	Use care
01:00–02:59	辛丑 Xin ChouOx	Jade Hall 玉堂	Favourable deity
03:00–04:59	壬寅 Ren YinTiger	Sky Jail 天牢	Use care
05:00–06:59	癸卯 Gui MaoRabbit	Black Tortoise 玄武	Use care
07:00–08:59	甲辰 Jia ChenDragon	Life Governor 司命	Favourable deity
09:00–10:59	乙巳 Yi SiSnake	Grappling Hook 勾陳	Use careClashes with day branch
11:00–12:59	丙午 Bing WuHorse	Green Dragon 青龍	Favourable deity
13:00–14:59	丁未 Ding WeiGoat	Bright Hall 明堂	Favourable deity
15:00–16:59	戊申 Wu ShenMonkey	Heavenly Punishment 天刑	Use care
17:00–18:59	己酉 Ji YouRooster	Red Phoenix 朱雀	Use care
19:00–20:59	庚戌 Geng XuDog	Golden Lock 金匱	Favourable deity
21:00–22:59	辛亥 Xin HaiPig	Precious Light 寶光	Favourable deity
23:00–23:59Next day's cycle	壬子 Ren ZiRat	Golden Lock 金匱	Favourable deity

How to read this calendar

This is a general traditional date-selection guide, not a prediction or a complete personal BaZi analysis. Activity matches use a simple mapping of the twelve day officers. They exclude year and month breakers, Calamity Sha, Yang Gong Disaster Days, and selected zodiac clashes. The day deity is shown separately and does not determine the activity filter.

Month breaker (月破, Yue Po) means the day branch clashes with the solar month branch: for example, a Rat day in a Horse month. Horse month runs from Grain in Ear to Minor Heat, roughly early June to early July. Year breaker (歲破, Sui Po) is the equivalent clash with the year branch.

Calamity Sha (災煞, Zai Sha) uses the current year branch here: Tiger/Horse/Dog years mark Rat days; Monkey/Rat/Dragon years mark Horse days; Snake/Rooster/Ox years mark Rabbit days; Pig/Rabbit/Goat years mark Rooster days. This is the annual rule, not a natal or monthly Calamity Sha calculation.

Yang Gong Disaster Days (楊公忌) use 13 fixed lunar dates: 1/13, 2/11, 3/9, 4/7, 5/5, 6/3, 7/1, 7/29, 8/27, 9/25, 10/23, 11/21, and 12/19 (month/day). This calendar applies them to regular lunar months; it does not repeat them in leap months.

Lunar dates and pillars use the Chinese calendar in UTC+8. The year pillar changes at Start of Spring; month pillars follow solar terms. All 24 solar terms are marked at their calculated times, rounded to the nearest minute. White Dew and Cold Dew begin solar months; Autumn Equinox and Frost Descent are mid-month terms. On transition dates, the day reading uses the calendar library's date-level month rather than switching at the displayed time. Hour deities use the traditional twelve-deity cycle, with the day changing at 23:00. Different almanac schools may give different advice.

References: Twelve day officers · Traditional deity cycle · Chinese calendar calculations · Solar terms · Yang Gong dates.