Chinese Almanac for 2025-03-20
2025-03-20 is Lunar month 2, day 21 on the Chinese lunar calendar, a Wu Zi day in the Yi Si (Snake) year.
Key facts
| Gregorian date | 2025-03-20 |
|---|---|
| Lunar date | Lunar month 2, day 21 |
| Year (Ganzhi) | Yi (Yin Wood) Si (Snake) |
| Month (Ganzhi) | Ji (Yin Earth) Mao (Rabbit) |
| Day (Ganzhi) | Wu (Yang Earth) Zi (Rat) |
| Year zodiac | Snake |
| Solar term today | Spring Equinox |
Auspicious for (宜)
- Get a haircut (理发)
- Hold a coming-of-age ceremony (冠笄)
- Marry (嫁娶)
- Welcome new household members (进人口)
Inauspicious for (忌)
- Acquire property (置产)
- Fell trees (伐木)
- Bring in livestock (纳畜)
- Build a livestock pen (造畜稠)
- Bury the deceased (安葬)
- Break ground for burial (破土)
- Make roof beams (作梁)
- Build the stove (作灶)
- Build a grave in advance while living (开生坟)
Auspicious spirits (吉神)
Mother's Granary (母仓), Yang Virtue (阳德), Kitchen God (司命)
Inauspicious spirits (凶煞)
Heaven's Net (天罡), Month Punishment (月刑), Great Time (大时), Great Defeat (大败), Peach Blossom Pond (咸池), Heaven's Thief (天贼)
Clash & direction to avoid
Clashes with Horse (Ren Wu day); traditionally best to avoid the South direction.
Peng Zu's Hundred Taboos
Wu (Yang Earth) day: traditionally, land is not accepted, as it is said to be inauspicious for the landowner.
Zi (Rat) day: traditionally, diviners are not consulted, as it is said doing so brings calamity on oneself.
Auspicious directions
| God of Joy (喜神) | Southeast |
|---|---|
| God of Fortune (福神) | Northeast |
| God of Wealth (财神) | North |
| Tai Sui (太岁) | Center |
| Yang Noble God (阳贵神) | Northeast |
| Yin Noble God (阴贵神) | Southwest |
What is today's lunar date?
2025-03-20 corresponds to Lunar month 2, day 21 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?
2025-03-20 falls in the Yi Si year, the year of the Snake.
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