Chinese Almanac for 2018-07-01
2018-07-01 is Lunar month 5, day 18 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Jia Wu day in the Wu Xu (Dog) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2018-07-01 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 5, day 18 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Xu (Dog) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Wu (Horse) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Jia (Yang Wood) Wu (Horse) |
| Year zodiac | Dog |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Offer sacrifices (祭祀)
- Encoffin the deceased (入殓)
- Move the coffin (移柩)
- Exhume for reburial (启钻)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Raise the roof beam (上梁)
- Break ground (动土)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Heaven's Pardon (天赦), Yang Virtue (阳德), Official's Day (官日), Golden Hall (金堂), Kitchen God (司命), Barking Dog (鸣吠)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Month Establishment (月建), Minor Time (小时), Earth's Mansion (土府), Month Punishment (月刑), Month Aversion (月厌), Earth Fire (地火), Earth Talisman (土符)
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) | North |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Southwest |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Northeast |
What is today's lunar date?
2018-07-01 corresponds to Lunar month 5, day 18 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?
2018-07-01 falls in the Wu Xu year, the year of the Dog.
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